Synonyms for Taiwan (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 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):
china, Nationalist China, Republic of ChinaWordNet sense 2 (an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea):
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