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
Related terms
Translations
former name of Tasmania
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