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ABEL TASMAN
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• ABEL TASMAN (noun)
The noun ABEL TASMAN has 1 sense:
1. Dutch navigator who was the first European to discover Tasmania and New Zealand (1603-1659)
Familiarity information: ABEL TASMAN used as a noun is very rare.
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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