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proper noun 
  1. The name given to Taiwan island by the Portuguese colonists in the 16th century.
Translations: 
  • French: Formose
Etymology: Portuguese ("beautiful") < Latin formosus ("beautifully formed"), from forma ("form", "shape") + the adjective suffix -osus ("full of") (cf. English shapely).


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