taiwan has definitions from the fields of Chinese,geography
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[ noun ] (Chinese,geography) 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

Used in print

(Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)

At a third stage in the modernization process are such countries as India , Brazil , the Philippines , and Taiwan , which are ready and committed to move_into the stage of self-sustaining growth .

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[ noun ] (geography) an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea

Synonyms

formosa

Related terms

island South_China_Sea

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