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Tasmania
[ taz-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh ]
noun
- an island south of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). : Hobart.
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
Other Words From
- Tas·ma·ni·an adjective noun
Example Sentences
On guided walking tours organized by Tasmanian Walking Company in partnership with the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, visitors map tree locations, collect seeds and learn about Tasmania’s alpine flora.
The survey was open when the highest level restrictions were in place across Tasmania, where the Australian arm of the study was based.
In total, 49 children from Tasmania took part in the survey and 390 children internationally.
The photographer, Neil Waters, is the president of Tasmania’s Thylacine Awareness Group, which searches for evidence of the creature.
Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary runs Tasmania’s largest wildlife rescue service.
Our innermost thoughts offered up to old friends from high school are there to be seen by some voyeuristic devil in Tasmania.
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is Australian, born in Hobart, Tasmania of academic parents who were themselves born in Scotland.
To Tasmania we were able to devote a few days, taking evidence and enjoying its wonderful beauty.
From the fortunes of that colony, the history of Tasmania is inseparable.
The British were very particular whom they permitted to leave Tasmania, and whom they allowed to go there.
I am sure mistresses dont go on in that silly way in Tasmania, for mothery said she loved school.
Evelyn wondered if she might venture; but she had once seen, long ago in Tasmania, a black woman try to escape.
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