English Explanatory Dictionary

Tasmania

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901. Capital: Hobart.
  2. The large island of Australia comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.

Pronunciation

/tæzˈmeɪniə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tasmania.wav

Word forms

Tasmania

Etymology

From Tasman + -ia, after the Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who visited and documented the island and New Zealand in 1642.

Synonyms

the Apple Isle lutruwita Tassie Van Diemen's Land

Derived words

Tasmanian Taswegian TAS Tas.
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