Formosa

  1. Proper noun.  The name given to Taiwan island (''Ilha Formosa'', "Beautiful Isle") by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544.
  2. Proper noun.  The name of a province of Argentina.
  3. Proper noun.  A city of Argentina, capital of Formosa Province.

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