Source : WordNet®

Taiwan
     n 1: 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 [syn: {China}, {Nationalist
          China}, {Republic of China}]
     2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of
        mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: {Formosa}]