Tasman

[ taz-muhn; Dutch tahs-mahn ]

noun

1. A·bel Jans·zoon [ah, -b, uh, l , yahn, -sohn], 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.

Tasman

/ ˈtæzmən /

noun

1. TasmanAbel Janszoon16031659MDutchTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Abel Janszoon (ˈabəl ˈjansuːn). 1603–59, Dutch navigator, who discovered Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Tonga and Fiji Islands (1642–43)

Example Sentences

Tom Rae captured this image of peaks of the Tasman Valley in New Zealand set against the night sky of the southern hemisphere during summer.

From BBC

Since beginning in Norway in June, the crew of the Abel Tasman have already sailed around Iceland and Greenland, before entering the unaccommodating waters that run between northernmost Canada and the Arctic.

From BBC

Across the Tasman Sea, Australia is also witnessing a surge in demand for Indigenous-led travel.

From New York Times

Auckland is built on an isthmus between the Waitemata Harbor on the Pacific Ocean and Manukau Harbor on the Tasman Sea.

From Seattle Times

Across the Tasman, bets are still for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to hike by another quarter point on Wednesday, and traders place a good chance of the same again by July.

From Reuters