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ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN

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Overview

ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN (noun)
  The noun ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN has 1 sense:

1. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)play

  Familiarity information: ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Abel Janszoon Tasman; Abel Tasman; Tasman

Instance hypernyms:

navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)


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