Formosan

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Formosan
    adj 1: 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}, {Formosan}]
    n 1: the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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