Formosa
Formosa is a
place name which comes from
Portuguese and
Old Spanish word
formosa (modern Spanish:
hermosa) (*from Latin
formosus, meaning "beautiful").
The following places bear the name:
* The geographically named island of
Formosa, upon which the Taiwanese live, also sometimes called the
Republic of China**
Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait)
*
Formosan languages, the languages belonging to the
Austronesian family of languages spoken by the
indigenous people or
aborigenes of the island of Formosa or Taiwan
*
Formosa Province, Argentina
**
Formosa, Argentina, the capital of its namesake province
*
Formosa, Brazil, near Brasília in Goiás State
*
Formosa, Virginia, USA
*
Formosa, Arkansas, USA
*
Formosa, Santarém, Portugal
*
Formosa, Portalegre, Portugal
*
Formosa, Ontario, Canada
* The name given to
Bioko island by Fernando Poo
* name given to a fort built by the Portuguese in Malacca in the 16th century.
Formosa may also refer to a
fictional country located on the island of Taiwan, but whose culture was invented by
George Psalmanazar as a
hoax.
Formosa is also a surname found in the
Maltese Islands.
See also:
Formosa Magazine,
Republic of Formosa,
Formosa's law,
Diocese of Formosa
