Tasman

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Tasman, from Old Dutch tas (“purse, pouch”) + man (“person, man”).[1] The places are named after Abel Tasman.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæzmən/
  • Rhymes: -æzmən

Proper noun

Tasman

  1. A surname from Dutch.
    • 1854, Charles Dickens, Household words, Volume 8:
      That his Maria should become Mrs. Tasman, he knew very well was a thing not for a moment to be thought of. Whoever won his daughter must have wealth and a patent of nobility.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. Ellipsis of Tasman Sea.
  4. A region and territorial authority in the north of the South Island, New Zealand; in full, Tasman District.
  5. A coastal settlement in Tasman District, New Zealand. [2]
  6. A local government area in south-east Tasmania, Australia; in full, Tasman Council.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mark Antony Lower (1860), “Tasman”, in Patronymica Britannica. A Dictionary of the Family Names of the United Kingdom., London: John Russell Smith, […]; Lewes: G. P. Bacon, page 339, column 2.
  2. ^ NZ Topo Map

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑs.mɑn/
  • Hyphenation: Tas‧man

Proper noun

Tasman c

  1. a Dutch surname
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