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Tai•wan
Pronunciation: (tī'wän'), [key]—
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 Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.