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Tasmania

//tæzˈmeɪniə// name

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  1. 1
    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.

    "Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight."

  2. 2
    The large island of Australia comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.

Etymology

From Tasman + -ia, after the Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who visited and documented the island and New Zealand in 1642.

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