美丽岛

měi lì dǎo

Definitions

1. Formosa (from Ilha Formosa, \Beautiful Isle\, the name given to Taiwan Island by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544)

Words Containing 美丽岛

• 美丽岛事件 měi lì dǎo shì jiàn: Kaohsiung Incident (aka Formosa Incident), a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 10 December 1979 during Taiwan's martial law period

Child Words of 美丽岛

• 岛 dǎo: island
• 美 měi: beautiful
• 美丽 měi lì: beautiful
• 丽 lí: Korea
• 丽 lì: beautiful