Tasmania

[ taz-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]

/ tæzˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə /

noun

an island south of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.

Also called, Australian Informal, Apple Isle . Formerly Van Die·men's Land

[van -dee-muhnz] /væn ˈdi mənz/ .

OTHER WORDS FROM Tasmania

Tas·ma·ni·an, adjective, noun

Words nearby Tasmania

taskmistress, task-oriented, taskwork, Tasm., Tasman, Tasmania, Tasmanian, Tasmanian devil, Tasmanian wolf, Tasman Sea, tass

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Example sentences from the Web for Tasmania

Our innermost thoughts offered up to old friends from high school are there to be seen by some voyeuristic devil in Tasmania.
You Can’t Have Facebook’s Best Privacy Policy|Dennis Kneale|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is Australian, born in Hobart, Tasmania of academic parents who were themselves born in Scotland.
Why William Needs a Commoner|Andrew Roberts|November 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The education of the people, every where a question of difficulty, has been not less so in Tasmania.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)|John West
Spent it indoors, sewing and gazing at frowning Mt. Wellington, the pride of Tasmania.
The Story of a Life|J. Breckenridge Ellis

In due course our ship entered the estuary called the Derwent, at whose head stands Hobart, the capital of Tasmania.
Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
In 1871, when about twenty-five years of age, he was ordered to recruit his health by a trip to Tasmania.
Australian Writers|Desmond Byrne
Where the streams unite, they become the Tamar, one of the principal rivers in Tasmania.
Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2|John Lort Stokes

British Dictionary definitions for Tasmania

Tasmania

/ (tæzˈmeɪnɪə) /

noun

an island in the S Pacific, south of mainland Australia: forms, with offshore islands, the smallest state of Australia; discovered by the Dutch explorer Tasman in 1642; used as a penal colony by the British (1803–53); mostly forested and mountainous. Capital: Hobart. Pop: 479 958 (2003 est). Area: 68 332 sq km (26 383 sq miles)Former name (1642–1855): Van Diemen's Land

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单词	tasmania
释义	Tasmania [ taz-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ] / tæzˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə / noun an island south of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart. Also called, Australian Informal, Apple Isle . Formerly Van Die·men's Land [van -dee-muhnz] /væn ˈdi mənz/ . OTHER WORDS FROM Tasmania Tas·ma·ni·an, adjective, noun Words nearby Tasmania taskmistress, task-oriented, taskwork, Tasm., Tasman, Tasmania, Tasmanian, Tasmanian devil, Tasmanian wolf, Tasman Sea, tass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Tasmania Our innermost thoughts offered up to old friends from high school are there to be seen by some voyeuristic devil in Tasmania. You Can’t Have Facebook’s Best Privacy Policy\|Dennis Kneale\|May 23, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is Australian, born in Hobart, Tasmania of academic parents who were themselves born in Scotland. Why William Needs a Commoner\|Andrew Roberts\|November 16, 2010\|DAILY BEAST The education of the people, every where a question of difficulty, has been not less so in Tasmania. The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)\|John West Spent it indoors, sewing and gazing at frowning Mt. Wellington, the pride of Tasmania. The Story of a Life\|J. Breckenridge Ellis In due course our ship entered the estuary called the Derwent, at whose head stands Hobart, the capital of Tasmania. Following the Equator, Complete\|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) In 1871, when about twenty-five years of age, he was ordered to recruit his health by a trip to Tasmania. Australian Writers\|Desmond Byrne Where the streams unite, they become the Tamar, one of the principal rivers in Tasmania. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2\|John Lort Stokes British Dictionary definitions for Tasmania Tasmania / (tæzˈmeɪnɪə) / noun an island in the S Pacific, south of mainland Australia: forms, with offshore islands, the smallest state of Australia; discovered by the Dutch explorer Tasman in 1642; used as a penal colony by the British (1803–53); mostly forested and mountainous. Capital: Hobart. Pop: 479 958 (2003 est). Area: 68 332 sq km (26 383 sq miles)Former name (1642–1855): Van Diemen's Land Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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