Van Diemen's Land en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /væn ˈdiːmənz ˌlænd/
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.
Meanings
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The former name (until 1856) of the then-British colony and current state of Australia now known as Tasmania.
Let it ſuffice to inform him, that in our Paſſage from thence to the Eaſt-Indies, we were driven by a violent Storm to the Northweſt of Van Diemen's''' Land.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 5:
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Translations (6)
pt Terra de Van Diemen (former name of Tasmania) · de Vandiemensland (former name of Tasmania) · pl Ziemia van Diemena (former name of Tasmania) · fr terre de Van Diemen (former name of Tasmania) · fi Van Diemenin maa (former name of Tasmania) · hu Van Diemen-föld (former name of Tasmania)