supercontinent

English

Etymology

super- +‎ continent

Noun

supercontinent (plural supercontinents)

1. A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past.
2. Sometimes used to refer, due to their being composed of multiple continents, to one of the following modern landmasses: Afro-Eurasia and the Americas. (compare subcontinent)

Translations

very large continent in the Earth's past

Esperanto: kotinentego (eo), superkontinento (eo) Estonian: hiidmanner (et) Finnish: jättiläismanner (fi) German: Superkontinent (de) m. Greek: υπερήπειρος (el) (yperípeiros) f.

Japanese: 超大陸 (ja) (ちょうたいりく, chōtairiku) Norwegian: superkontinent (no) c. Portuguese: supercontinente (pt) m. Russian: суперконтинент (ru) (sup'erkontin'ént) m. Spanish: supercontinente (es) m.

one of modern landmasses

Danish: superkontinent (da) n. Dutch: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: suurmanner (fi) French: please add this translation if you can Galician: please add this translation if you can

German: please add this translation if you can Greek: υπερήπειρος (el) (yperípeiros) f. Portuguese: supercontinente (pt) m. Russian: суперконтинент (ru) (sup'erkontin'ént) m. Spanish: supercontinente (es) m. Swedish: please add this translation if you can

External links

• Supercontinent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia