Associations to the word «Tasmania»

Wiktionary

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, having its capital at Hobart.
TASMANIA, proper noun. (historical) The colony that became the state of Tasmania at federation in 1901.
TASMANIA, proper noun. The large island comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.

Dictionary definition

TASMANIA, noun. An Australian state on the island of Tasmania.
TASMANIA, noun. An island off the southeastern coast of Australia.

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