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

Derived Forms

• Tasmanian
  adjective

Example Sentences

Macquarie Island sits in one of the most remote parts of the world, halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Richard Sutherland has been in Tasmania for months, his brother and neighbour Neil Sutherland has said, and he certainly did not know Freeman or sympathise with his beliefs.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

A camera trap in Tasmania originally set to photograph quolls captured a possum mother and joey passing nightly to forage.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

One of her recent favorites is “An Academic Affair,” a novel about two professors in Tasmania.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Tasmania and those three smaller islands thus illustrate in extreme form a conclusion of broad potential significance for world history.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond