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Tasmanian

proper noun

  1. person from or resident of Tasmania, Australia
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  1. of or relating to Tasmania or its inhabitants
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /tæzˈmeɪniən/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch Tasmanbor. English Tasman Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Tasmania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tasmanian From Tasmania + -an.

  1. Of, from or relating to the state of Tasmania, Australia.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch Tasmanbor. English Tasman Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English Tasmania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Tasmanian From Tasmania + -an.

  1. A native or inhabitant of the state of Tasmania, Australia.

    The engineer of the line, a young Tasmanian named Sharland, decided the best course would be to take the new railway along a chain of four deep valleys. [...].