Avalonia

//ˌævəˈləʊ.ni.ə// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A microcontinent in the Paleozoic era, crustal fragments of which underlie south-west Great Britain and the eastern coast of North America.

Etymology

From Avalon + -ia, named after the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada.

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