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Guomindang

Syllables: Guo·min·dang/ˌɡwɔ.mɪnˈdɑŋ/

Guomindang is the alternative form of Kuomintang.

Meaning of Kuomintang

Proper noun

the Kuomintang

  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.1912 September 7, “The Passing of the Tungmenghui”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CIV, number 2352, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 686, column 3
    Synonyms:
    Chungkuo Kuomintang, Chinese Nationalist Party, Nationalist Party of China

Forms of Guomindang

alternative abbreviationGMD

Origin of Guomindang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 國民黨 /国民党 (Guómíndǎng).

Questions about Guomindang

What is Guomindang the alternative form of?
Guomindang is the alternative form of Kuomintang.
How do you pronounce Guomindang?
Guomindang is pronounced /ˌɡwɔ.mɪnˈdɑŋ/.

Words near Guomindang in the dictionary

  1. Guo
  2. Guo'anbu
  3. Guoanbu
  4. guokui
  5. guolaosi
  6. Guomindang
  7. guoqing
  8. Guos
  9. Guosa
  10. guotie
  11. guoxue

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Guomindang (page history and authors); Kuomintang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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