Formosan

See also: formosan

English

Etymology

Formosa +‎ -an

Adjective

Formosan (not comparable)

Of or relating to Formosa or people of Formosa.

Translations

of or relating to Formosa

Finnish: formosa lainen
French: formosan (fr)
Irish: Formósach
Kapampangan: Pormosyanu
Portuguese: formosano

Noun

Formosan (plural Formosans)

An inhabitant, resident, or a person of descent from Formosa.
- 1926, Hosea Ballou Morse, The Chronicles of the East India Company trading to China‎, volume 1, Clarendon Press, page 48:
  
  From his base at Amoy the Emperor Kanghi dispatched a fleet of 600 junks against Formosa. In two naval battles, on July 1 and 7, 1683, they defeated the Formosans, and occupied Penghu, one of the Pescadores Islands, forming the key of Taiwan.

Translations

inhabitant of Formosa

Finnish: formosa lainen
Irish: Formósach m
Portuguese: formosano m

Finnish

Proper noun

Formosan

genitive singular of Formosa

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