Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 700 years.
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Subcontinent
//ˌsʌbˈkɒntɪnənt//
Synonyms for "subcontinent" (7 found)
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Proper Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
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1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- nënkontinent noun (large landmass)
Arabic
1 entries- شِبْه قارَة noun (large landmass)
Armenian
1 entries- ենթացամաք noun (large landmass)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yarımqitə noun (large landmass)
Belarusian
2 entries- субкантыне́нт noun (large landmass)
- субкантынэ́нт noun (large landmass)
Bengali
1 entries- উপমহাদেশ noun (large landmass)
Breton
1 entries- iskevandir noun (large landmass)
Bulgarian
1 entries- субконтине́нт noun (large landmass)
Catalan
1 entries- subcontinent noun (large landmass)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 次大陸 /次大陆 noun (large landmass)
Cornish
1 entries- isbrastir noun (large landmass)
Czech
1 entries- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Danish
1 entries- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Dutch
1 entries- subcontinent noun (large landmass)
Estonian
2 entries- alakontinent noun (large landmass)
- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Finnish
1 entries- osamanner noun (large landmass)
French
1 entries- sous-continent noun (large landmass)
Georgian
1 entries- სუბკონტინენტი noun (large landmass)
German
1 entries- Subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Greek
1 entries- υποήπειρος noun (large landmass)
Hindi
1 entries- उपमहाद्वीप noun (large landmass)
Hungarian
1 entries- szubkontinens noun (large landmass)
Icelandic
1 entries- álfuhluti noun (large landmass)
Indonesian
1 entries- anak benua noun (large landmass)
Irish
1 entries- fo-ilchríoch noun (large landmass)
Italian
1 entries- subcontinente noun (large landmass)
Japanese
1 entries- 亜大陸 noun (large landmass)
Kazakh
1 entries- субконтинент noun (large landmass)
Khmer
1 entries- ឧបទ្វីប noun (large landmass)
Korean
1 entries- 아대륙 noun (large landmass)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- субконтинент noun (large landmass)
Lao
1 entries- ອະນຸທະວີບ noun (large landmass)
Latvian
1 entries- subkontinents noun (large landmass)
Lithuanian
1 entries- subkontinentas noun (large landmass)
Macedonian
1 entries- потконтине́нт noun (large landmass)
Malay
1 entries- subbenua noun (large landmass)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Persian
1 entries- شبهقاره noun (large landmass)
Polish
1 entries- subkontynent noun (large landmass)
Portuguese
1 entries- subcontinente noun (large landmass)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਉਪਮਹਾਂਦੀਪ noun (large landmass)
Romanian
1 entries- subcontinent noun (large landmass)
Russian
1 entries- субконтине́нт noun (large landmass)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- potkontìnent noun (large landmass)
- потконтѝнент noun (large landmass)
Slovak
1 entries- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Slovene
1 entries- podcelina noun (large landmass)
Spanish
1 entries- subcontinente noun (large landmass)
Swedish
1 entries- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Tamil
1 entries- துணைக்கண்டம் noun (large landmass)
Telugu
1 entries- ఉపఖండం noun (large landmass)
Thai
1 entries- อนุทวีป noun (large landmass)
Turkish
1 entries- altkıta noun (large landmass)
Ukrainian
1 entries- субконтине́нт noun (large landmass)
Urdu
1 entries- بَرِّصَغِیر noun (large landmass)
Uzbek
1 entries- subkontinent noun (large landmass)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiểu lục địa noun (large landmass)
Welsh
1 entries- isgyfandir noun (large landmass)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
"Pierre, French India started out in history with the French East India Company in Pondicherry in the 17th century." "And from there, the French expanded throughout the eastern half of the subcontinent, right, Richard?" "Yeah, I think you know the history."
Source: tatoeba (9510624)
"Pierre, Goa was the seed of the Portuguese expansion in Western India." "It started in the 16th century, right, Richard?" "Yeah, now there's Portuguese India, covering the western half of the subcontinent."
Source: tatoeba (9510632)
Retroflex consonants are commonly found in the languages of the Indian subcontinent.
Source: tatoeba (11487585)
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