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2024
New_Holland
New Holland
English
Proper noun
New
Holland
(
obsolete
)
The continent and the country of
Australia
.
1787
,
Chart of New Holland
, published by J. Stockdale, London
Synonyms
Australia
Terra Australis
(
obsolete
)
Translations
obsolete: Australia
Latin:
Nova Hollandia
Serbo-Croatian:
Nova Nizozemska
f
Etymology
Coined in 1644 by Dutch
explorer
Abel Tasman
as
Nieuw
Holland
.
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