美丽岛

Traditional: 美麗島

Měi lì Dǎo

Dictionary entry

Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given to Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)

What does 美丽岛 mean?

美丽岛 (Měi lì Dǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle", the name given to Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)

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美Měi(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) · (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])丽líused in place names, notably 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2] and 麗水|丽水[Li2 shui3]岛dǎovariant of 島|岛[dao3]

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