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Formosan

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prop. adj.1.of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Formosa or the natives of Formosa; as, The native Formosan population now forms a minority on their own island..
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Noun1.Formosan - the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa
Austronesian language, Austronesian - the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and Polynesia
Atayalic, Tayalic - a language spoken by a Malaysian people on Formosa
Tsouic - a Formosan language
Paiwanic - a Formosan language
Adj.1.Formosan - of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh"
Taiwanese, Chinese


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Many readers have e-mailed to register concern about the possibility of voracious Formosan termites showing up in bags of mulch, but the panic is unjustified.
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