Van Diemen's Land

短语

发音

/væn ˈdiːmənz ˌlænd/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The former name (until 1856) of the then-British colony and current state of Australia now known as Tasmania.

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary