Tasmania

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniÉ™

Origin

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

Full definition of Tasmania

Proper noun

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
• local marsupial species: Tasmanian devil, Tasmanian wolf
• Tasmanian cider tree
• Taswegian colloquial
• Trans-Tasman colloquial
• TAS
  Tas
  Tas. abbreviation

Anagrams

• amanitas