Urkontinent
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
ur- + Kontinent. Coined by German climatologist and geologist Alfred Wegener, who developed the concept of continental drift.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Urkontinent
- Former name of Pangäa (“Pangaea”).
- Synonym of Ur (“the paleocontinent of Ur”)
Noun[edit]
Urkontinent
- paleocontinent (a former continent that existed in the past)
- Coordinate term: Urozean
Descendants[edit]
- → English: ur-continent
Further reading[edit]
- Urkontinent on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de