Formosan

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Formosan \Formosan\ prop. adj.
     of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Formosa or the
     natives of Formosa; as, The native Formosan population now
     forms a minority on their own island..
  
     Syn: Taiwanese, Chinese.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Formosan
       adj : of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic
             on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the
             Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: {Taiwanese}, {Chinese}]
       n : the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa