Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun taiwan

2 senses of taiwan

Sense 1
Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Sense 2
Taiwan, Formosa -- (an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)