Tasmania

American  

[taz-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh] / tæzˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə /

noun

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

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Tasmania British  

/ 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)

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Other Word Forms

• Tasmanian adjective

Example Sentences

"It will be a very hot day for almost all of South Australia, Victoria, most of New South Wales, parts of Tasmania".

From BBC

Conditions at sea are expected to ease off later as sailors race down the east coast before tackling the treacherous Bass Strait crossing to Tasmania.

From Barron's

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to strengthen the country's gun laws, which were severely tightened following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania.

From BBC

Playing for Tasmania in a Sheffield Shield game in Hobart, Ponting was a few days shy of his 20th birthday and nearing a century.

From BBC

Next year, Tasmania’s award-winning The Agrarian Kitchen will be cooking up the finest local ingredients paired with Aussie wines, and Brisbane’s beloved The Bistro by SK Steak & Oyster is grilling premium steaks alongside top-notch seafood.

From Salon