Formosa

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geographical name historical name

Formosa is the historical Western name for Taiwan, an East Asian island whose post–World War II status was addressed in Allied agreements such as the Cairo Declaration.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Taiwan	122
Taiwan Island	49
Formosa canonical	8
Dutch Formosa	3
island of Taiwan	3
Republic of Formosa	2
Formosa (Taiwan)	1
Island of Taiwan	1
Qing Taiwan	1
Taiwan (main island)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical name ⓘ historical name ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
associatedWithConflict	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ surface form: World War II in the Pacific
associatedWithStrait	Taiwan Strait ⓘ
cededBy	Qing dynasty ⓘ
cededInTreaty	Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ
cededInYear	1895 ⓘ
cededTo	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
colonialHistoryWith	Dutch colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Dutch Empire Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Qing dynasty ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
etymologyLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
etymologyMeaning	beautiful ⓘ
geographicalFeature	island ⓘ
hasRelatedTerm	Formosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Republic of Formosa
historicalNameFor	Formosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
historicalUsageDeclinedAfter	20th century ⓘ
islandOf	Formosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ
mentionedIn	Cairo Declaration ⓘ
modernPreferredName	Formosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
namedBy	Portuguese sailors ⓘ
nameLanguage	Western usage ⓘ
nameOriginCentury	16th century ⓘ
near	China ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
partOf	western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific
politicallyAssociatedWith	Republic of China ⓘ
politicallyContestedBy	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
postWorldWarIIStatusAddressedIn	Allied agreements ⓘ Cairo Declaration ⓘ Potsdam Declaration ⓘ
refersTo	Formosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taiwan
relatedHistoricalEntity	Formosa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Republic of Formosa
statusAfterWorldWarII	placed under Republic of China administration ⓘ subject of unresolved sovereignty debates ⓘ
strategicImportance	key position in Western Pacific security ⓘ
usedBy	European explorers ⓘ Western cartographers ⓘ
usedInContext	colonial-era maps ⓘ historical documents ⓘ international treaties ⓘ
wasUnderSovereigntyOf	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Qing dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (191)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cairo Declaration → concernsTerritory → Formosa ⓘ

Kuroshio Current → countryBorder → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Kuroshio Current → influencesClimateOf → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Chinese Taipei → refersTo → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Chinese Taipei → represents → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan Island

Chinese Taipei → usedInsteadOf → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

VOC → majorBase → Formosa ⓘ

Patriot missile system → usedBy → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

East Asia → hasCountry → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Ryukyu Islands → locatedBetween → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Taiwan under Japanese rule → appliesToTerritory → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Taiwan under Japanese rule → officialName → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Taiwan under Japanese rule → officialName → Formosa ⓘ

Austronesian languages → geographicDistribution → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Tropic of Cancer → passesThrough → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Chiang Kai-shek → movedGovernmentTo → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Diocese of Taiwan → country → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Diocese of Taiwan → territory → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Diocese of Taiwan → isOnlyEpiscopalDioceseIn → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Asia-Pacific → hasMajorEconomy → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Joe Tsai → birthPlace → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Joe Tsai → citizenship → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Philippine Sea → bordersCountry → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Costco Wholesale Corporation → operatesInCountry → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Rod Langway → countryOfBirth → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

First Sino-Japanese War → location → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

South China Sea → borderedBy → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

South China Sea → disputedBy → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

South China Sea → basinCountry → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Standard Chinese → primaryRegionsSpoken → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → occupied → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan → country → Formosa ⓘ

subject surface form: Taipei

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan → capitalOf → Formosa ⓘ

subject surface form: Taipei

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan → partOf → Formosa ⓘ

subject surface form: Taipei

this entity surface form: Taiwan Island

NTSC color television standard → regionUsed → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Subhas Chandra Bose → deathPlace → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dutch Formosa

Dutch colonial empire → territoryIncludes → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Kuomintang → operatesInJurisdiction → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Kuomintang → governed → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Chinese Americans → ancestralOriginRegion → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Higashi Shina Kai → countryBorder → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Higashi Shina Kai → separates → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Higashi Shina Kai → boundedBy → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Central American Integration System → hasObserver → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Steve Chen → placeOfBirth → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

Steve Chen → countryOfCitizenship → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

TPE → represents → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan

TPE → representsTerritory → Formosa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiwan