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.

Aliases (7)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical name → historical name →
alsoKnownAs	Taiwan →
associatedWithConflict	First Sino-Japanese War → World War II in the Pacific →
associatedWithStrait	Taiwan Strait →
cededBy	Qing dynasty →
cededInTreaty	Treaty of Shimonoseki →
cededInYear	1895 →
cededTo	Empire of Japan →
colonialHistoryWith	Dutch Empire → Empire of Japan → Qing dynasty → Spanish Empire →
etymologyLanguage	Portuguese →
etymologyMeaning	beautiful →
geographicalFeature	island →
hasRelatedTerm	Republic of Formosa →
historicalNameFor	Taiwan →
historicalUsageDeclinedAfter	20th century →
islandOf	Taiwan →
locatedIn	East Asia →
mentionedIn	Cairo Declaration →
modernPreferredName	Taiwan →
namedBy	Portuguese sailors →
nameLanguage	Western usage →
nameOriginCentury	16th century →
near	China → Philippines → Ryukyu Islands →
partOf	Western Pacific →
politicallyAssociatedWith	Republic of China →
politicallyContestedBy	People's Republic of China →
postWorldWarIIStatusAddressedIn	Allied agreements → Cairo Declaration → Potsdam Declaration →
refersTo	Taiwan →
relatedHistoricalEntity	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usedInContext	colonial-era maps → historical documents → international treaties →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	Empire of Japan → Qing dynasty →

Referenced by (102)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diocese of Taiwan ("Taiwan") → Legislative Yuan ("Taiwan") → National Standard Time ("Taiwan") → New Taiwan dollar ("Taiwan") → TSMC ("Taiwan") → Taipei ("Taiwan") → Wei-Wu-Ying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts ("Taiwan") →	country
First Sino-Japanese War ("Taiwan") → Kominka movement ("Taiwan") → White Terror in Taiwan ("Taiwan") →	location
Chinese Taipei ("Taiwan Island") → TPE ("Taiwan") → TW ("Taiwan") →	represents
AN/MPQ-53 radar ("Taiwan") → PAC-3 MSE ("Taiwan") → Patriot missile system ("Taiwan") →	usedBy
Formosa ("Taiwan") → Republic of China ("Taiwan") →	alsoKnownAs
National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China ("Taiwan") → Plum Blossom Banner ("Taiwan") →	associatedWith
South China Sea ("Taiwan") → Taiwan Strait ("Taiwan Island") →	borderedBy
Higashi Shina Kai ("Taiwan") → Kuroshio Current ("Taiwan") →	countryBorder
Eric Chu ("Taiwan") → Steve Chen ("Taiwan") →	countryOfCitizenship
Austronesian languages ("Taiwan") → Formosan languages ("Taiwan") →	geographicDistribution
Dutch colonial empire ("Dutch Formosa") → Pacific Islands ("Taiwan") →	hasPart
Taihoku ("Taiwan Island") → Taipei Songshan Airport ("Taiwan Island") →	locatedOn
Taiwan under Japanese rule ("Taiwan") → Taiwan under Japanese rule →	officialName
Chinese Taipei ("Taiwan") → Formosa ("Taiwan") →	refersTo
TPE ("Taiwan") → TW ("Taiwan (main island)") →	representsTerritory
Higashi Shina Kai ("Taiwan") → Taiwan Strait ("Taiwan") →	separates
Batanic languages ("Taiwan") → Formosan languages ("Taiwan") →	spokenIn
Republic of China ("Taiwan") →	administers
Chinese Americans ("Taiwan") →	ancestralOriginRegion
Dutch colonial government ("Dutch Formosa") →	appliedToTerritory
Governor-General of Taiwan ("Taiwan") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Taiwan under Japanese rule ("Taiwan") →	appliesToTerritory
South China Sea ("Taiwan") →	basinCountry
Joe Tsai ("Taiwan") →	birthPlace
Philippine Sea ("Taiwan") →	bordersCountry
Higashi Shina Kai ("Taiwan") →	boundedBy
Taipei ("Taiwan") →	capitalOf
Joe Tsai ("Taiwan") →	citizenship
Nagoya Resolution ("Taiwan") →	concerns
Cairo Declaration →	concernsTerritory
Amoy, Fujian, Qing dynasty ("Taiwan") →	connectedTo
Four Asian Tigers ("Taiwan") →	countryMember
Rod Langway ("Taiwan") →	countryOfBirth
New Taiwan dollar ("Taiwan") →	currencyOf
Subhas Chandra Bose ("Taiwan") →	deathPlace
South China Sea ("Taiwan") →	disputedBy
PAC-2 ("Taiwan") →	exportedTo
Tainan ("Qing Taiwan") →	formerCapitalOf
General Order No. 1 ("Formosa (Taiwan)") →	geographicScope
Kuomintang ("Taiwan") →	governed
East Asia ("Taiwan") →	hasCountry
Chinatown, Manchester ("Taiwan") →	hasCulturalInfluenceFrom
Asia-Pacific ("Taiwan") →	hasMajorEconomy
Japanese archipelago ("Taiwan") →	hasNeighboringCountryAcrossSea
Central American Integration System ("Taiwan") →	hasObserver
Formosa ("Republic of Formosa") →	hasRelatedTerm
Hakka ("Taiwan") →	hasRevitalizationEffortIn
Formosa ("Taiwan") →	historicalNameFor
Kuroshio Current ("Taiwan") →	influencesClimateOf
陳 ("Taiwan") →	isCommonSurnameIn
Formosa ("Taiwan") →	islandOf
Diocese of Taiwan ("Taiwan") →	isOnlyEpiscopalDioceseIn
Mandarin phonology ("Taiwan") →	isStandardizedIn
New Taiwan dollar ("Taiwan") →	legalTenderIn
Ryukyu Islands ("Taiwan") →	locatedBetween
Overseas Chinese communities ("Taiwan") →	maintainsTieWith
VOC →	majorBase
Formosa ("Taiwan") →	modernPreferredName
Chiang Kai-shek ("Taiwan") →	movedGovernmentTo
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ("Taiwan") →	occupied
Costco Wholesale Corporation ("Taiwan") →	operatesInCountry
Kuomintang ("Taiwan") →	operatesInJurisdiction
Taipei ("Taiwan Island") →	partOf
Tropic of Cancer ("Taiwan") →	passesThrough
Steve Chen ("Taiwan") →	placeOfBirth
Haredi Jews ("Taiwan") →	populationCenter
Standard Chinese ("Taiwan") →	primaryRegionsSpoken
CMARC ("Taiwan") →	primaryUsageRegion
National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China ("Taiwan") →	region
NTSC color television standard ("Taiwan") →	regionUsed
Formosa ("Republic of Formosa") →	relatedHistoricalEntity
Zhōnghuá Táiběi ("Taiwan") →	relatedTerm
Diocese of Taiwan ("Taiwan") →	territory
Dutch colonial empire ("Taiwan") →	territoryIncludes
System M ("Taiwan") →	usedIn
Chun ("Taiwan") →	usedInCountry
Chinese Taipei ("Taiwan") →	usedInsteadOf