TAIWAN


Meaning of TAIWAN in English

/tuy"wahn"/ , n. Wade-Giles, Pinyin.

a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895-1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Cap.: Taipei. Also called Formosa .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .