Lutruwita

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  1. 1
    The island of Tasmania, especially seen as an Aboriginal territory. Australia

    "A singular irony pertaining to the Tasmanian devil is the small human population of its home island: lutruwita (c. 40,000 years), also Van Diemen's Land (from 1803) and subsequently Tasmania (from 1856)."

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tasmania

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"A singular irony pertaining to the Tasmanian devil is the small human population of its home island: lutruwita (c. 40,000 years), also Van Diemen's Land (from 1803) and subsequently Tasmania (from 1856)."

Etymology

From the palawa kani language.

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