Formosa??? what it's??

Question

if anyone tel me??

Answer 1

If i'm not wrong and if we're referring to the same thing, Formosa is another name for Taiwan given by the Portuguese.

Answer 2

formosa can mean anything...

taiwan was called formosa by the portuguese

there's also a place in argentina called formosa

well, it seems there's a lot of places named Formosa, like in brazil, canada, the usa, portugal. there was even a place in the video game of the pirates of the carribean.

there's also a band and a film name Formosa

so which are u looking for?

Answer 3

Derived from the Latin word 'formosus', meaning “beautiful They left this word all around the world during their occupation to places they think its beautiful.