1. taiwan(n = noun.location) china, nationalist china, republic of china - a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong;
is a kind of island
is a part of south china sea
has parts: capital of taiwan, taipeh, taipei, taichung
2. taiwan(n = noun.location) formosa - an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea;
is a kind of island
is a part of south china sea