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Definition of Subcontinent
1. Noun. A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent.
Group relationships: Continent
Generic synonyms: Land Mass, Landmass
Definition of Subcontinent
1. Noun. 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). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subcontinent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcontinent
Literary usage of Subcontinent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Symposium on Potential Productivity of Field Crops Under Different Environments by W. H. Smith, International Rice Research Institute (1983)
"It is particularly important in the Indian subcontinent between lat. 10° N and
35°N, where it is grown on the residual moisture of heavy, well-drained deep ..."
2. India and the United States: Estranged Democracies, 1941-1991 by Dennis Kux (1994)
"In 1971, the coincidence of the East Pakistan crisis and Nixon's China initiative
unexpectedly placed the subcontinent at the center of US foreign policy ..."
3. Participatory Development: Learning from South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja (1991)
"The combination of traditional and modern structures have worked to keep the
women of the subcontinent in the most oppressed and exploited of states. ..."
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