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    REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 Zedongplay

    Synonyms:

    China; Nationalist China; Republic of China; Taiwan

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    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)

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