TAIWAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Taiwan mean? 

• TAIWAN (noun)
  The noun TAIWAN has 2 senses:

1. 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

2. an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea

  Familiarity information: TAIWAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAIWAN (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

China; Nationalist China; Republic of China; Taiwan

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)

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:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Formosa; Taiwan

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)

 Context examples 

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