Tasmanian

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a native or inhabitant of Tasmania, an island state of Australia

   The Tasmanian moved to Melbourne for university and later returned to Hobart.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to Tasmania or its inhabitants

   The reserve protects several Tasmanian plant species.

3. 3
   noun

   historical or contextual: an Aboriginal person of Tasmania; modern writing often uses Aboriginal Tasmanian or a community name such as Palawa or Pakana

   The archive worked with Aboriginal Tasmanians to revise its nineteenth-century descriptions.

From Tasmania + -an. Tasmania was named after Dutch navigator Abel Tasman. In nineteenth-century anthropology Tasmanian was often used specifically for Aboriginal Tasmanians; present-day references should follow community preferences and distinguish that sense from the general state demonym.

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