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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.

See also

nesophontid nesosilicate nesosteine Nespelem NESPR nesprin