Formosa Strait

English

Alternative forms

Strait of Formosa
Formosa Straits

Proper noun

Formosa Strait

Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
- 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956‎, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, LCCN 63-18447, OCLC 64309101, page 483:
  In the Formosa Strait in 1955 we refused to retreat, and the enemy, true to his formula, for a while tried harassment but refused to attack. The crisis had cooled; it would not heat up again for three years.
  The hard way is to have the courage to be patient.

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