Meanings
plural Tasmanians
- 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. [...].
1939 July, John D. Hewitt, “Some Notable British Main Lines: 1. Settle and Carlisle, L.M.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 37Synonyms: Taswegian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA native or inhabitant of the state of Tasmania, Australia.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*taskǭ
- Frankish*taska
- Proto-West Germanic*taska
- Old Dutch*taska
- Middle Dutchtassche
- Dutchtas
- Proto-Indo-European*mon-
- Proto-Germanic*mann-
- Proto-West Germanic*mann
- Old Dutchman
- Middle Dutchman
- Dutchman
- DutchTasman
- EnglishTasman
- EnglishTasmania
- EnglishTasmanian
Translations
Afrikaans Tasmanies, Tasmaniër
- Tasmaniesof or relating to Tasmania
- Tasmaniërinhabitant
Czech tasmánský, Tasmánec
- tasmánskýof or relating to Tasmania
- Tasmánecinhabitant
Esperanto tasmaniano, tasmanianino
- tasmanianoinhabitant
- tasmanianinoinhabitant
Finnish tasmanialainen, tasmanialainen
- tasmanialainenof or relating to Tasmania
- tasmanialaineninhabitant
French Tasmanien, Tasmanienne
- Tasmanieninhabitant
- Tasmanienneinhabitant
German tasmanisch, Tasmanier
- tasmanischof or relating to Tasmania
- Tasmanierinhabitant
- Tasmanierininhabitant
Polish tasmański, Tasmańczyk
- tasmańskiof or relating to Tasmania
- Tasmańczykinhabitant
- Tasmankainhabitant
Swedish tasmansk, tasmanier
- tasmanskof or relating to Tasmania
- tasmanierinhabitant
Ukrainian тасмані́йський, тасмані́єць
- тасмані́йський (tasmaníjsʹkyj)of or relating to Tasmania
- тасмані́єць (tasmaníjecʹ)inhabitant
- тасмані́йка (tasmaníjka)inhabitant
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Tasmanian
Cite this entry
Tasmanian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmanian
“Tasmanian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmanian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tasmanian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tasmanian.
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