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Meaning of nesonym | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A toponym of an island.

Equivalents

Deutsch Nesonym
Suomi saarennimi
Italiano nesonimo

Examples

“The earliest known nesonym south of Australia is Van Diemen's Land⟳, which Abel Tasman (1603—1659) immortalized on discovery in 1642 to honour the then Governor General of the Dutch East Indies; in 1856, however, the island was renamed Tasmania ostensibly to honour Tasman himself but actually to remove⟳ the 'demon' connotation that hung over this former penal colony.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

nesophontid nesosilicate nesosteine Nespelem NESPR nesprin

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