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lutruwita
Lutruwita (name) means the island of Tasmania, particularly when regarded as Aboriginal territory.
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The island of Tasmania, particularly when regarded as Aboriginal territory.
"A singular irony pertaining to the Tasmanian devil is the small human population of its home island: lutruwita (c. 40,000 years), also Van Diemen's Land (from 1803) and subsequently Tasmania (from 1856)."
— David Owen, David Pemberton (2024)
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Etymology
Comes from the palawa kani language.
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"lutruwita" (name) means the island of Tasmania, particularly when regarded as Aboriginal territory.
