Tasmania

See also: Tasmanía, Tasmánia, Tasmània, and Tasmânia

English

Etymology

After the Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who discovered the island and New Zealand in 1642.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæzˈmeɪniə/
• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Tasmania

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, having its capital at Hobart.
2. (historical) The colony that became the state of Tasmania at federation in 1901.
3. The large island comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) Tassie (colloquial)
• (historical) Van Diemen's Land

Derived terms

• Tasmanian
• Taswegian (colloquial)
• TAS / Tas / Tas. (abbreviation)

Translations

Australian state

• Arabic: تَاسْمَانِيَا f (tasmāniyā)
• Armenian: Տասմանիա (Tasmania)
• Basque: Tasmania
• Belarusian: Тасма́нія f (Tasmánija)
• Bulgarian: Тасма́ния f (Tasmánija)
• Catalan: Tasmània f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔斯馬尼亞／塔斯马尼亚 (zh) (Tǎsīmǎníyà), 塔斯马尼亚 (zh) (Tǎsīmǎníyà)

• Czech: Tasmánie f
• Danish: Tasmanien
• Dutch: Tasmanië (nl), Tasmania
• Esperanto: Tasmanio
• Estonian: Tasmaania
• Finnish: Tasmania (fi)
• French: Tasmanie (fr)
• Georgian: ტასმანია (ṭasmania)
• German: Tasmanien (de) n
• Greek: Τασμανία (el) f (Tasmanía)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hindi: तस्मानिया m (tasmāniyā)
• Hungarian: Tasmania (hu)
• Icelandic: Tasmanía f
• Irish: an Tasmáin f
• Italian: Tasmania (it)
• Japanese: タスマニア (Tasumania)
• Khmer: តាស្មានី (taasmienii)
• Korean: 태즈메이니아 (Taejeumeinia)
• Macedonian: Тасманија f (Tasmanija)
• Persian: تاسمانی (Tâsmâni)
• Polish: Tasmania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tasmânia f
• Russian: Тасма́ния (ru) f (Tasmánija)
• Spanish: Tasmania f
• Tamil: தாஸ்மானியா (tāsmāṉiyā)
• Ukrainian: Тасма́нія f (Tasmánija)
• Urdu: تسمانیا m (tasmāniyā)

island comprising majority of state

• Arabic: تَاسْمَانِيَا f (tasmāniyā)
• Armenian: Տասմանիա (Tasmania)
• Basque: Tasmania
• Catalan: Tasmània f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔斯馬尼亞（島）／塔斯马尼亚（岛） (zh), 塔斯馬尼亞（岛）／塔斯马尼亚（岛） (zh) (Tǎsīmǎníyà (dǎo))

• Czech: Tasmánie f
• Danish: Tasmanien
• Dutch: Tasmanië (nl)
• Esperanto: Tasmanio
• Estonian: Tasmaania
• Finnish: Tasmania (fi)
• French: Tasmanie (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: ტასმანია (ṭasmania)
• German: Tasmanien (de) n
• Greek: Τασμανία (el) f (Tasmanía)
• Hungarian: Tasmania (hu)
• Icelandic: Tasmanía f
• Irish: an Tasmáin f
• Italian: Tasmania (it)
• Japanese: タスマニア (Tasumania)
• Korean: 태즈메이니아 (Taejeumeinia)
• Polish: Tasmania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tasmânia f
• Russian: Тасма́ния (ru) f (Tasmánija)
• Spanish: Tasmania f
• Tamil: தாஸ்மானியா (tāsmāṉiyā)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} Тасма́ния (Tasmánija)
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania (gl)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ტასმანია (ṭasmania)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania (io)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanija
• Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanien
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania (no)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} تاسمانی
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} Тасманија f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanija (sh) f

• (deprecated template usage) Sicilian: Tasmania
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Tasmánia
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanija
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanien (sv)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} தாஸ்மானியா (tāsmāṉiyā)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} รัฐแทสเมเนีย

Further reading

• Tasmania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• amanitas

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Finnish

Proper noun

Tasmania

1. Tasmania

Declension

Inflection of Tasmania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Tasmania	—
genitive		Tasmanian	—
partitive		Tasmaniaa	—
illative		Tasmaniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tasmania	—
accusative	nom.	Tasmania	—
	gen.	Tasmanian
genitive		Tasmanian	—
partitive		Tasmaniaa	—
inessive		Tasmaniassa	—
elative		Tasmaniasta	—
illative		Tasmaniaan	—
adessive		Tasmanialla	—
ablative		Tasmanialta	—
allative		Tasmanialle	—
essive		Tasmaniana	—
translative		Tasmaniaksi	—
abessive		Tasmaniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tasmania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniani — accusative nom. Tasmaniani — gen. Tasmaniani genitive Tasmaniani — partitive Tasmaniaani — inessive Tasmaniassani — elative Tasmaniastani — illative Tasmaniaani — adessive Tasmaniallani — ablative Tasmanialtani — allative Tasmanialleni — essive Tasmanianani — translative Tasmaniakseni — abessive Tasmaniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniasi — accusative nom. Tasmaniasi — gen. Tasmaniasi genitive Tasmaniasi — partitive Tasmaniaasi — inessive Tasmaniassasi — elative Tasmaniastasi — illative Tasmaniaasi — adessive Tasmaniallasi — ablative Tasmanialtasi — allative Tasmaniallesi — essive Tasmanianasi — translative Tasmaniaksesi — abessive Tasmaniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniamme — accusative nom. Tasmaniamme — gen. Tasmaniamme genitive Tasmaniamme — partitive Tasmaniaamme — inessive Tasmaniassamme — elative Tasmaniastamme — illative Tasmaniaamme — adessive Tasmaniallamme — ablative Tasmanialtamme — allative Tasmaniallemme — essive Tasmanianamme — translative Tasmaniaksemme — abessive Tasmaniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tasmanianne — accusative nom. Tasmanianne — gen. Tasmanianne genitive Tasmanianne — partitive Tasmaniaanne — inessive Tasmaniassanne — elative Tasmaniastanne — illative Tasmaniaanne — adessive Tasmaniallanne — ablative Tasmanialtanne — allative Tasmaniallenne — essive Tasmaniananne — translative Tasmaniaksenne — abessive Tasmaniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniansa — accusative nom. Tasmaniansa — gen. Tasmaniansa genitive Tasmaniansa — partitive Tasmaniaansa — inessive Tasmaniassaan Tasmaniassansa — elative Tasmaniastaan Tasmaniastansa — illative Tasmaniaansa — adessive Tasmaniallaan Tasmaniallansa — ablative Tasmanialtaan Tasmanialtansa — allative Tasmanialleen Tasmaniallensa — essive Tasmanianaan Tasmanianansa — translative Tasmaniakseen Tasmaniaksensa — abessive Tasmaniattaan Tasmaniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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Italian

Proper noun

Tasmania f

1. Tasmania

Anagrams

• ansimata
• smaniata

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Polish

Proper noun

Tasmania f

1. Tasmania

Declension

Declension of Tasmania

	singular
nominative	Tasmania
genitive	Tasmanii
dative	Tasmanii
accusative	Tasmanię
instrumental	Tasmanią
locative	Tasmanii
vocative	Tasmanio

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasˈmanja/ [t̪azˈma.nja]

Proper noun

Tasmania ?

1. Tasmania (a state of Australia)