Formosa
See also: formosa
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Ilha Formosa (“Beautiful Isle”), from formosa (“beautiful”), from Latin fōrmōsus (“beautifully formed”), from fōrma (“form, shape”) + the adjective suffix -ōsus (“full of”).
Proper noun
Formosa
- (historical) The island of Taiwan as named by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544.
- Synonym: Taiwan
- A province in the north of Argentina.
- A city of Argentina, capital of Formosa Province.
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of Formosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Formosa | — | |
| genitive | Formosan | — | |
| partitive | Formosaa | — | |
| illative | Formosaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Formosa | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Formosa | — |
| gen. | Formosan | ||
| genitive | Formosan | — | |
| partitive | Formosaa | — | |
| inessive | Formosassa | — | |
| elative | Formosasta | — | |
| illative | Formosaan | — | |
| adessive | Formosalla | — | |
| ablative | Formosalta | — | |
| allative | Formosalle | — | |
| essive | Formosana | — | |
| translative | Formosaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Formosatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From formosa (“beautiful”).
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /foɹ.ˈmɔ.za/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻ.ˈmɔ.za/
- Homophone: formosa
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