Strait of Fokien

Etymology
From its position between and, formerly romanized as , q.v.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 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.
 * 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.