Taiwan
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 (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
China, Nationalist China, Republic of China
• Instance Hypernyms:
island
• Part Holonyms:
South China Sea
• Member Meronyms:
Chinese, Taiwanese
• Part Meronyms:
Taipei, Taipeh, capital of Taiwan, Taichung
2. an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea
• Syn:
Formosa
• Derivationally related forms:
Formosan (for: Formosa)
• Instance Hypernyms:
island
• Part Holonyms:
South China Sea
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