Formosa
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Formosa is a place name which comes from Portuguese (and also Old Spanish) word formosa (modern Spanish: hermosa) (*from Latin formosus, meaning "beautiful").
The following places bear the name:
- The island of Taiwan was historically known as Formosa, the name given by Portuguese sailors due to the beauty of its coasts.
- Formosa Strait (Taiwan Strait)
- Formosa Province, Argentina. Named after the previous island, of which it is the precise antipode.
- Formosa, Argentina, the capital of its namesake province
- Formosa, Goiás, Brazil (near Brasília in Goiás State)
- Formosa, Ontario, Canada
- Formosa, Arkansas, USA
- Formosa, Virginia, USA
- Formosa, Portalegre, Portugal
- Formosa, Santarém, Portugal
- Bioko island was named "Formosa" by Fernão do Pó.
- a fort built by the Portuguese in Malacca in the 16th century.
- other uses
- Formosan languages, the languages belonging to the Austronesian family of languages spoken by the indigenous people of the island of Formosa or Taiwan
- 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.
- a surname found in the Maltese Islands
- Formosa Magazine
- Republic of Formosa, a short-lived republic in 1895 on the island of Formosa
- Formosa (film) a 2005 comedy.
- Formosa's law - "The truly insane have enough on their plates without us adding to it."
- Diocese of Formosa, Argentina, Roman Catholic Diocese in Argentina
- Diocese of Formosa, Brazil, Roman Catholic Diocese in Brazil
- Formosa Cafe a famous restaurant in Hollywood, California
- Formosan Mountain Dog, a breed of dog indigenous to Taiwan, commonly referred to as Formosan.
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