subcontinent
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈsʌbˌkɒntɪnənt/
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subcontinente
- When India and Pakistan gained independence in 1947 amidst the subcontinent's dismemberment, their combined populations stood at around 400 million.
- Indian subcontinent
- South Asian subcontinent
- partition of the subcontinent
So we really have the Ice Age to thank for our existence and we have the Indian subcontinent's collision with Asia to thank for the Ice Age.
- So we really have the Ice Age to thank for our existence and we have the Indian subcontinent's collision with Asia to thank for the Ice Age.
- Today we will continue the story as the Muslim League gets their wish and the Indian subcontinent is partitioned into two states.
- It could be these were areas that people came from the Indian subcontinent and there's some overlap when you look at the maps of that.
- They stopped the debtor prisons, which were common all over the subcontinent and stopped the warlordism.
- And then there were the five varieties of man Europeans, Asians, people from the subcontinent, Native Americans.
- There's this great woman, Sarah Rayo SAIRARAO and her she's from the Indian, Indian descent, Indian subcontinent.
- So, you know, that's the Bin Ladens, that's the Taliban, that's Al Qaeda in the Indo subcontinent.
- It encompasses everybody from the Indian subcontinent way up into, you know, Northeast Asia.
Examples
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From a broader perspective, the geopolitics of the subcontinent demands recognition of new ground realities since the partition.
Academic text (1995) -
The facts on the ground and the history of the Indian subcontinent readily fit this conclusion.
Academic text (2008) -
Meanwhile, the situation in the Asian subcontinent is undergoing profound changes.
Academic text (1991) -
Today we will continue the story as the Muslim League gets their wish and the Indian subcontinent is partitioned into two states.
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The Kashmir problem is a legacy of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.
Academic text (1995) -
The subcontinent is known for its diverse cultures and rich history.
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Traveling through the subcontinent, I experienced a variety of landscapes, from mountains to plains.
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The subcontinent features numerous languages, reflecting its cultural diversity.
Synonyms
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3.4
A large connected area of land that is part of the Earth
How Big
- Specialized
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267
1.0
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5.1
977
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subcontinent comes from the parts sub- meaning 'under' and continent meaning 'continuous land', like in continue. So a subcontinent is a very large area of land that is still part of a continent but stands apart as a distinct or separate part.