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Subcontinent

//ˌsʌbˈkɒntɪnənt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Indian subcontinent, South Asia.

    "The Turks had acquired the culture of power of Persia and implemented its political and administrative traditions in the subcontinent."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of subcontinent (“the Indian subcontinent”). alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent).
  2. 2
    a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sub- + continent.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent.

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