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Formosa
old name of
Taiwan
, given by the Portuguese, from Portuguese
Formosa insula
"beautiful island." The adjective is from the fem. of Latin
formosus
"beautiful, handsome, finely formed," from
forma
(see
form
(n.)). Related:
Formosan
(1640s).