Tasman

American  

[taz-muhn, tahs-mahn] / ˈtæz mən, ˈtɑsˌmɑn /

noun

1. Abel Janszoon 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.

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Tasman British  

/ ˈtæzmən /

noun

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

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Tasman

Back on Tasman Drive, tourists excitedly posed for pictures next to a speed bump sign as a grumbling resident glared at them.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

The results highlight the importance of the Tasman Gateway, a seaway between Antarctica and Australia.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026

In late February and early March, three Chinese navy ships traveled through the Tasman Sea and around Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

And in a pizza restaurant in Whangārei, the sailors signed a visitors’ guestbook, filling a page with their exploits on the Tasman Sea and along the coast.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025

But this nail they must have procured either from a former navigator, perhaps Tasman, or from a wreck.

From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II by Sir James George Frazer

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