Synonyms for formosa
fɔrˈmoʊ səfor·mosa

Princeton's WordNet

1. Taiwan, Formosanoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "formosa":

   guohua, kaohsiung, taiwan, kwok-wah

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How to use formosa in a sentence?

1. Mai Tien Dung:

   Violations in the construction and testing operations of the plant are the causes for serious environment pollution killing a massive amount of fish, formosa has admitted responsibility for the fish deaths in four central provinces and committed to publicly apologize for causing severe environmental incidents.

2. Ricardo Rico:

   It is a huge market, you don't see Latin American issuers going to the US-dollar Formosa market.

3. Chairman Jason Lin:

   Formosa Plastics Corp is only investing. We do not participate in its management.