as in continent
a large area of land that is a part of a continent
—used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
the Indian subcontinent
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Recent Examples of subcontinent
Pakistan had been America’s Cold War ally on the subcontinent, but during the Global War on Terror, Washington came to see Islamabad as unreliable and instead drew closer to New Delhi.
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Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Tibetan refugee communities in the Indian subcontinent, in particular, rely on financial assistance from India, the United States, and Europe to sustain their educational institutions, medical services, and cultural establishments.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Emphasizing regional specificity The Indian Restaurant Association of America identified hyper-regional flavors as one of its top 2025 Indian restaurant trends as chefs dig into the hundreds of local cuisines that dot the subcontinent.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
His mother, who is from India, is a central figure in his connection to music from the subcontinent.
—Mandeep Rai, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
Tibetan refugee communities in the Indian subcontinent, in particular, rely on financial assistance from India, the United States, and Europe to sustain their educational institutions, medical services, and cultural establishments.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Emphasizing regional specificity The Indian Restaurant Association of America identified hyper-regional flavors as one of its top 2025 Indian restaurant trends as chefs dig into the hundreds of local cuisines that dot the subcontinent.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
His mother, who is from India, is a central figure in his connection to music from the subcontinent.
—Mandeep Rai, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontinent
Noun
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At the northeast corner of the Sahara Desert, its vast wilderness marks the final leg on the African continent for those fleeing war, persecution, and lack of opportunity in search of a better life.—
Mick Krever,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Astrotourism continues to be one of the world's leading trends, and many travelers make big plans to cross oceans and continents just to experience auroras, meteor showers, and some of the darkest night skies in the world.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Britain ultimately lost not only because of Washington’s extraordinary tenacity in the war’s several mainland theaters, but also because the king’s men had to stage long sieges, wage desperate naval battles, and take mounting casualties on too many other fronts spread too far apart.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hsieh was born in Taiwan in 1950, a year after the Kuomintang, until recently China’s ruling party, fled Mao Zedong and the mainland, and set up shop in Taipei.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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Pangea may be named after a supercontinent of the past, but she’s built for exploring land and sea in the present day.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Oct. 2025
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The University of Barcelona studied an amber deposit unearthed from a quarry near Archidona in the Amazonian Napo Province of Ecuador — a part of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Subcontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontinent. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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