Tasmania

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

noun

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

Tasmania

/ tæzˈmeɪnɪə /

noun

1. Former name (1642–1855): Van Diemen's Land. 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)

Other Word Forms

• Tasmanian adjective

Example Sentences

"There is almost a desire now to make the perfect live-action, to somehow figure out what the formula is," says Emerald King, a Japanese culture expert at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

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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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Devils are indigenous only to Tasmania, an island south of mainland Australia.

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Mr Nixon's son inherited the painting after his death, and it then fell "into obscurity", having last been exhibited in Tasmania, Australia.

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The officer had arrived at a house in North Motton, near the town of Ulverstone, on Monday morning when he was fired at by "a member of the public", Tasmania Police said in a statement.

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