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Proper Noun

1. 1
   The world supercontinent that formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic era, then broke into eight continents during the Neoproterozoic.

Example

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"About 800 million years ago, all the continents were pushed together. We call this supercontinent Rodinia."

Etymology

From Russian ро́дина (ródina, “homeland”), coined by Mark McMenamin and Dianna McMenamin in 1990.

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