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Taiwan   /tˈaɪwˈɑn/   Listen
Taiwan

noun
1.
A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong.  Synonyms: China, Nationalist China, Republic of China.
2.
An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea.  Synonym: Formosa.



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"Taiwan" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China (also see separate Taiwan entry) Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Coral Sea Islands Costa ...
— The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... that a ship had come in but a short time previously, bringing important news, which her captain had just communicated to Ting, to the effect that the Japanese had resolved upon the seizure of the Chinese island of Taiwan, or Formosa, and that they intended to dispatch an expedition thither under General Oki, in two transports, each conveying twelve hundred men; and as the intended invasion of the island was believed by the Japanese ...
— A Chinese Command - A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas • Harry Collingwood

... Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China (also see separate Taiwan entry) Christmas Island Clipperton Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Coral Sea Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.



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