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Formosan

noun
1.
The Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language.  Synonyms: Chinese, Taiwanese.





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"Formosan" Quotes from Famous Books



... of 17,000,000 yen. Now, we have no interest here or elsewhere in what is, after all, a municipal affair of Japan's. She must and will settle her own problems as seems best to her, and, if she is driven to "suppress" her Formosan aborigines, it is none of our business. Moreover, before pronouncing upon the matter, we should in all fairness hear the other side, although it does look as though the electric wire fence must be admitted. But there is enough in what is reported from Formosa to ...
— The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga • Cornelis De Witt Willcox
... Entering the Formosan Channel we proceed to the mouth of the Min, a fine river which leads up to Foochow (Fuchau), some thirty miles inland. We do not stop to explore the Island of Formosa because, having been ceded to Japan, it no longer forms a part of the Chinese ...
— The Awakening of China • W.A.P. Martin


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