REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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 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)

Sense 1

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:

China; Nationalist China; Republic of China; Taiwan

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)