REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of China mean?
• REPUBLIC OF CHINA (noun)
The noun REPUBLIC OF CHINA has 1 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
Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF CHINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REPUBLIC OF CHINA (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Nationalist China; Republic of China; Taiwan; China
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Republic of China"):
capital of Taiwan; Taipeh; Taipei (the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan)
Taichung (a city in Taiwan)
Meronyms (members of "Republic of China"):
Chinese (a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China)
Taiwanese (a native or inhabitant of Taiwan)
Holonyms ("Republic of China" is a part of...):
South China Sea (a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons)
