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Kuomintang

kuo·min·tang

UK/kwəʊmɪnˈtæŋ/ US/kwoʊmɪnˈtæŋ/ uncommon

noun

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

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Origin

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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