Taiwan (n.)

  1. a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong

    [ Syn: taiwan , china , nationalist china , republic of china ]

  2. an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea

    [ Syn: taiwan , formosa ]

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