Van Diemen's Land
English
Etymology
After the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Anthony van Diemen, who sent Abel Tasman on the voyage on which Tasman discovered the island.
Proper noun
Van Diemen's Land
- The former name (until 1856) of the then-British colony and current state of Australia now known as Tasmania.
Related terms
- Vandemonian
Translations
former name of Tasmania
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