Doggerland
English
Etymology
From Dogger Bank + -land.
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Proper noun
Doggerland
- A former landmass in the southern North Sea which connected the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe during the last ice age.
- By restriction, the region around the Dogger Hills (later, Dogger Island; now Dogger Bank)
Synonyms
(the landmass formerly connecting Great Britain to mainland Europe, now occupied by the North Sea):
Hypernyms
(region around Dogger Bank):
- Doggerland (Northsealand; the landmass that connected Great Britain to mainland Europe)
- Northsealand
Hyponyms
(the former landmass connecting Great Britain to mainland Europe, now occupied by the North Sea):
- Agderia (northern Doggerland (Northsealand))
- Doggerland (the region around the Dogger Hills, which became Dogger Island, and then Dogger Bank)
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