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Strait of Fokien
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English
Etymology
From its position between en Taiwan and en Fujian, formerly romanized as en Fokien, q.v.
Proper noun
Strait of Fokien
en historical en Taiwan Strait.
1879, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IX, s.v. "Formosa":
FORMOSA, in Chinese Taiwan, a large island... separated from the Chinese mainland by the strait of Fokien, which has a width of about 91 miles in its narrowest part.