Taiwan

Tai·wan (tī′wän′)

1. island of China, off the SE coast: a Japanese territory (1895-1945)

2. political unit consisting of this island, the Pescadores, Quemoy, Matsu, and other small island groups, governed as a separate country since 1949 and officially called the Republic of China: regarded as a province of China by the People's Republic of China: 13,970 sq mi (36,182 sq km); pop. 21,000,000; cap. Taipei