Pangaea

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Hyphenation 1.5 Proper noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 See also

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[edit] Alternative spellings

• Pangea Primary spelling in American English
• Pangæa

[edit] Etymology

From pan- + γαῖα (gaia), “‘earth, land’”), probably after German Pangäa, coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915.

[edit] Pronunciation

• pănjē'ə, /pænˈdʒiːə/, SAMPA: /p{n"dZi:@/

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pan·gae·a

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Singular Pangaea

Plural -

Pangaea

1. A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.

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[edit] See also

• Gondwanaland, Gondwana
• Laurasia
• Rodinia