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Hobart

[hoh-bert, -bahrt, hoh-bahrt]

noun

  1. Garret Augustus 1844–99, U.S. lawyer and politician: vice president of the U.S. 1897–99.

  2. a seaport on and the capital of Tasmania, SE of Australia.

  3. a city in NW Indiana.

  4. a male given name.



Hobart

/ ˈhəʊbɑːt /

noun

  1. a port in Australia, capital of the island state of Tasmania on the estuary of the Derwent: excellent natural harbour; University of Tasmania (1890). Pop: 126 048 (2001)

“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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He took 17 wickets across four Tests on the 2021-22 tour, including nine in the fifth Test in Hobart.

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Prof Maxwell-Stuart's work has led to the creation of what was recently Tasmania's number one listed experience on Tripadvisor, the Unshackled memorial of convicts in Hobart, the state capital.

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During this Ashes series, fresh off the plane in Hobart, I saw opener Litchfield sprinting round the harbour on her own.

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The series moves on to Sydney with the first of three T20s starting on Monday, but until then, Hobart will be remembered for Gardner and her grand day out.

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England's hopes of regaining the Women's Ashes are hanging by a thread after suffering a heavy 86-run defeat by Australia in the third and final one-day international in Hobart.

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