TAIWAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea

Synonyms:

Formosa; Taiwan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Taiwan" is a part of...):

South China Sea (a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong

Synonyms:

China; Nationalist China; Republic of China; Taiwan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Taiwan"):

capital of Taiwan; Taipeh; Taipei (the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan)

Taichung (a city in Taiwan)

Meronyms (members of "Taiwan"):

Chinese (a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China)

Taiwanese (a native or inhabitant of Taiwan)