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Kuomintang

//kwoʊmɪnˈtæŋ// name

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  1. 1
    A nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

    "It is generally believed that the creation of the Kuomintang will somewhat straighten out the political tangle in China caused by the multitude of parties. The Kuomintang holds itself out as the democratic party, and its support of the President will be tempered by the path his future actions take."

Noun
  1. 1
    the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949 when the Communists took power and subsequently was the official ruling party of Taiwan wordnet

Etymology

c. 1912, from the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 國民黨 /国民党 (Guómíndǎng), Wade–Giles: Kuo²-min²-tang³.

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