Tasmania
US/tæzˈmeɪniə/
Tasmania proper noun: one of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901. Capital: Hobart.
Proper noun
Tasmania
- One of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901. Capital: Hobart.
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- The large island of Australia comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.
Tasmania meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Tasmania in Hindi
- Australian state
- टैज़मेनिया ṭaizmeniyā
Tasmania in Tamil
- Australian state
- தாஸ்மானியா tāsmāṉiyā
- island comprising majority of state
- தாஸ்மானியா tāsmāṉiyā
Tasmania in Marathi
- Australian state
- टास्मानिया ṭāsmāniyā, टॅझमेनिया ṭĕjhmeniyā
Tasmania in Urdu
- Australian state
- تسمانیا tasmāniyā
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- Tasmania in Arabic
- تَاسْمَانِيَا tasmāniyā, تسمانية tasmānīa, تسمانيا tāsmāniyā
- Tasmania in Malay
- Tasmania
- Tasmania in Indonesian
- Tasmania
- Tasmania in Persian
- تاسمانی tâsmâni, تازمانی Tazmani
- Tasmania in Thai
- แทสเมเนีย tɛ́ɛs-mee-niia
Synonyms of Tasmania
- the Apple Isle
- lutruwita
- Tassie
- Van Diemen's Land
Origin of Tasmania
From Tasman + -ia, after the Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who visited and documented the island and New Zealand in 1642.
Words formed from Tasmania
Phrases with Tasmania
Words that rhyme with Tasmania
- Pennsylvania
- dipsomania
- Lusitania
- mania
- megalomania
- urania
- Aquitania
- erotomania
- graphomania
- metromania
- monomania
- Occitania
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- Pittsylvania
- Romania
- Ruritania
- Spotsylvania
- theomania
- tulipomania
- acrania
- Albania
- anthomania
- arithmomania
- bibliomania
- Chinamania
- crania
- egomania
- ergomania
- extemporanea
- extemporania
- Francomania
- Gallomania
- gazania
- habromania
- hagiomania
- Hellenomania
- hemicrania
- kleptomania
- laconomania
- Lithuania
- Mauretania
- musomania
- nostomania
- nymphomania
- oniomania
- orchidomania
- paramania
- phyllomania
- Pistolvania
- politicomania
- polytoxicomania
- Pomerania
- pornomania
- pyromania
- Rumania
- syphilomania
- theatromania
- timbromania
- toxicomania
- Transylvania
- trichotillomania
Questions about Tasmania
- What does Tasmania mean?
- Tasmania means one of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901. Capital: Hobart.
- What is Tasmania in Hindi?
- Tasmania in Hindi is टैज़मेनिया (ṭaizmeniyā). See Tasmania meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tasmania?
- Tasmania is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tasmania?
- Tasmania is pronounced /tæzˈmeɪniə/ (US).
Words near Tasmania in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Tasmania (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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