Definition of Subcontinent

1. Noun. A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent.

Geographical relationships: Greenland, Gronland, Kalaallit Nunaat, Bharat, India, Republic Of India
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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Subcontinent

subconfluence
subconfluent
subconformable
subcongenic
subconical
subconjunctival
subconscious
subconscious mind
subconsciouses
subconsciously
subconsciousness
subconstellation
subconstellations
subconsul
subconsuls
subcontinent (current term)
subcontinental
subcontinents
subcontract
subcontractable
subcontracted
subcontractee
subcontractees
subcontracting
subcontractor
subcontractors
subcontracts
subcontraoctave
subcontraries
subcontrary

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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