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
The restaurant serves food from the south end of the subcontinent, exploring the flavors of Tamil Nadu, the state from which Kumar hails.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
The 1947 partition of the South Asian subcontinent into India and Pakistan led to the world’s largest mass migration.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
While undertaking a magnetic survey of the Indian subcontinent, Colonel Alexander Strange of the Royal Artillery had experienced firsthand the human toll of drought.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
In the 1800s, the investments in railroad infrastructure increased migration to a mass level, transformed the American Midwest to an agricultural powerhouse, and allowed Imperialist powers to grow across Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
The 1947 partition of the South Asian subcontinent into India and Pakistan led to the world’s largest mass migration.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
While undertaking a magnetic survey of the Indian subcontinent, Colonel Alexander Strange of the Royal Artillery had experienced firsthand the human toll of drought.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
In the 1800s, the investments in railroad infrastructure increased migration to a mass level, transformed the American Midwest to an agricultural powerhouse, and allowed Imperialist powers to grow across Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontinent
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Planet Earth has gone through many periods where supercontinents and superoceans were the norm, and many others where multiple continents and multiple separate, independent oceans covered Earth’s surface.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Feb. 2026
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Really, the only All-Star Game among this continent’s four traditional major sports that has any hint of relevance is baseball’s.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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It is obligated by domestic law to provide Taiwan with sufficient hardware to deter any armed attack from the mainland.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Don your hiking boots and prepare yourself to roam perhaps the most untamed piece of mainland France.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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When several landmasses collided to form the supercontinent Pangea long before the dinosaurs, Earth’s crust shattered into discrete blocks and folded like a rug pushed against a wall, rising to form mountains spanning from the Appalachians to the Atlas.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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The timing of initial human occupation of Sahul—the Pleistocene-era supercontinent that is now Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea—has been debated among archeologists.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Subcontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontinent. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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