Tasmania
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪniə
Etymology [edit]
After the Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who discovered the island and New Zealand in 1642.
Proper noun [edit]
Tasmania
- 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, having its capital at Hobart.
- (historical) The colony that became the state of Tasmania at federation in 1901.
- The large island comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.
Synonyms [edit]
- (abbreviation) Tassie (colloquial)
- The Island Off An Island (colloquial)
- (older) Van Diemen's Land
Derived terms [edit]
- Tasmanian
- local marsupial species: Tasmanian devil, Tasmanian wolf
- Taswegian (colloquial)
- Trans-Tasman (colloquial)
Translations [edit]
Australian state
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island comprising majority of state
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Finnish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Tasmania
Declension [edit]
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Declension of Tasmania (type kulkija)
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Italian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Tasmania f
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Polish [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Tasmania f