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trans-Tasman

trans-Tasman adjective: of or pertaining to inter-relationships between Australia and New Zealand.

Adjective

trans-Tasman (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Of or pertaining to inter-relationships between Australia and New Zealand.
    • Trans-Tasman commerce

Origin of trans-Tasman

From trans- + Tasman, since the Tasman Sea lies between the two countries.

Questions about trans-Tasman

What does trans-Tasman mean?
Trans-Tasman means of or pertaining to inter-relationships between Australia and New Zealand.
What part of speech is trans-Tasman?
Trans-Tasman is an adjective.

Words near trans-Tasman in the dictionary

  1. Trans-Siberian Railway
  2. trans-species
  3. trans-stilbene
  4. trans-stilbenes
  5. trans-systemic
  6. trans-Tasman
  7. trans-testicle
  8. trans-testicles
  9. trans-woman
  10. trans-women
  11. trans.

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