formosa strait
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
Example Sentences
- "The line beyond which American pilots do not fly in the troubled Formosa Strait area is called the “Davis Line” in honor of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., former commander of the 13th Provisional Air Force, stationed on Formosa[.] The mythical line is an undisclosed number of miles off the coast of Red China."
- "In the Formosa Strait in 1955 we refused to retreat, and the enemy, true to his formula, for a while tried harassment but refused to attack. The crisis had cooled; it would not heat up again for three years. The hard way is to have the courage to be patient."
Inflected Forms
Strait of Formosa (alternative)
Formosa Straits (alternative)