Definitions for subcontinent
sʌbˈkɒn tn ənt, ˈsʌbˌkɒn-sub·con·ti·nent

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1. subcontinentnoun

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

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1. subcontinentnoun

   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).

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1. Subcontinent

   A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, it could be a single landmass or a part of a very large landmass, as in the case of Asia or Europe. Due to this, the number of continents varies; up to seven or as few as four geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Most English-speaking countries recognize seven regions as continents. In order from largest to smallest in area, these seven regions are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Different variations with fewer continents merge some of these regions, examples of this are merging North America and South America into America, Asia and Europe into Eurasia, and Africa, Asia, and Europe into Afro-Eurasia. Oceanic islands are frequently grouped with a nearby continent to divide all the world's land into geographical regions. Under this scheme, most of the island countries and territories in the Pacific Ocean are grouped together with the continent of Australia to form the geographical region Oceania.In geology, a continent is defined as "one of Earth's major landmasses, including both dry land and continental shelves". The geological continents correspond to seven large areas of continental crust that are found on the tectonic plates, but exclude small continental fragments such as Madagascar that are generally referred to as microcontinents. Continental crust is only known to exist on Earth.The idea of continental drift gained recognition in the 20th century. It postulates that the current continents formed from the breaking up of a supercontinent (Pangaea) that formed hundreds of millions of years ago.

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1. subcontinent

   A subcontinent is a large, geographically distinct and often self-contained landmass that is part of a larger continent, but considered as an independent or separate entity due to its unique cultural, historical or physical characteristics. Examples include the Indian subcontinent in Asia.

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1. Subcontinent

   A subcontinent is a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent. By dictionary entries, the term subcontinent signifies "having a certain geographical or political independence" from the rest of the continent, or "a vast and more or less self-contained subdivision of a continent." Used on its own in English, the phrase "the Subcontinent" commonly refers to the Indian subcontinent. Generally, the Indian subcontinent includes the countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The region largely comprises a peninsula of Asia south of the Himalayas and constitutes a geoculturally distinct region within Asia. The region contains desert, plateau, rain forest, mountains and a myriad of languages, races, and religions.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of subcontinent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of subcontinent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of subcontinent in a Sentence

1. Mehbooba Mufti:

   Today marks the darkest day in Indian democracy, it will have catastrophic consequences for the subcontinent.

2. Matt Darvas:

   We are staring down the barrel of the approaching monsoon across the subcontinent, and here in Nepal that typically lasts from May through to September.

3. Animesh Roul:

   They are still focusing too much on the existing militant networks and have failed to realize that the IS or AQIS (Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent) monsters are fishing in the troubled waters and succeeding to a large extent by enticing the youths or grassroots extremists.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=subcontinent
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Subcontinent
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinent
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=subcontinent