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Definition of Subcontinents
1. subcontinent [n] - See also: subcontinent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcontinents
Literary usage of Subcontinents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anthropological Review by Anthropological Society of London (1863)
"From Central Asia eastward' to the Pacific Islands and subcontinents on the one
hand, and to America on the other, ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1869)
"... and constituting one grand and extensive system of tumular works — unequalled
for size, number and interesting feature on either the subcontinents of ..."
3. Panama Adventure Guide by Patricia Katzman (2004)
"About 250 million years ago, these plates fused the earth's subcontinents into
a giant land mass, a super continent called Pangea. Over passing eons, as the ..."
4. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1869)
"... grand and extensive system of tumular works — unequalled for size, number and
interesting feature on either the subcontinents of America. ..."
5. The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin (1997)
"It is therefore probable that countries, and even subcontinents, not affected by
the Industrial Revolution will not go through it. ..."
6. Man's place in nature: and other anthropological essays by Thomas Henry Huxley (1919)
"... in other respects, from tYi fi*egro type, that ethnologists assign to From
Central Asia eastward to the Pacific ands and subcontinents on the one hand, ..."