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A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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A modern landmass composed of multiple continents, i.e. Afro-Eurasia or the Americas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English continent English supercontinent From super- + continent.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
supercontinent
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Dutch:
oercontinent
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Esperanto:
kotinentego
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Esperanto:
superkontinento
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Estonian:
hiidmanner
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Finnish:
jättiläismanner
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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French:
supercontinent
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Georgian:
სუპერკონტინენტი
(suṗerḳonṭinenṭi)
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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German:
Superkontinent
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Greek:
υπερήπειρος
(yperípeiros)
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Japanese:
超大陸
(chōtairiku)
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Norwegian:
superkontinent
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Portuguese:
supercontinente
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Russian:
суперконтине́нт
(superkontinént)
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Spanish:
supercontinente
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Swedish:
superkontinent
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Thai:
มหาทวีป
— very large continent in the Earth's past
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Danish:
superkontinent
— one of modern landmasses
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Dutch:
supercontinent
— one of modern landmasses
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Estonian:
hiidmanner
— one of modern landmasses
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Finnish:
suurmanner
— one of modern landmasses
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French:
supercontinent
— one of modern landmasses
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German:
Doppelkontinent
— one of modern landmasses
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Greek:
υπερήπειρος
(yperípeiros)
— one of modern landmasses
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Portuguese:
supercontinente
— one of modern landmasses
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Russian:
суперконтине́нт
(superkontinént)
— one of modern landmasses
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Spanish:
supercontinente
— one of modern landmasses
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Swedish:
superkontinent
— one of modern landmasses
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Thai:
มหาทวีป
— one of modern landmasses