Strait of Fokien en · PROPN
Etymology
From its position between Taiwan and Fujian, formerly romanized as Fokien, q.v.
Meanings
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(historical) Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
FORMOSA, in Chinese Taiwan, a large island... separated from the Chinese mainland by the strait of Fokien, which has a width of about 91 miles in its narrowest part.
1879, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IX, s.v. "Formosa"