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
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.
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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
The cut hides are then sent to the subcontinent to be formed into quarters; these quarters then make their way to Jajodia’s Aladdin’s cave of a factory on Shernhall Street in Walthamstow, east London.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
The long-simmering conflict began with the end of British colonial rule in 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was divided into what became Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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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
The cut hides are then sent to the subcontinent to be formed into quarters; these quarters then make their way to Jajodia’s Aladdin’s cave of a factory on Shernhall Street in Walthamstow, east London.
—James Wallace, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2025
The long-simmering conflict began with the end of British colonial rule in 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was divided into what became Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontinent
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Europe is one of the world’s most popular continents to visit, and for good reason.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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A little over a century later, reaching the world’s only uninhabited continent is a decidedly more glamorous affair.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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Back on the mainland, the charming beach town of Ventura strikes a balance between its maritime past and modern present.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
24 Oct. 2025
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The United States mainland is not completely out of the woods, but a direct hit looks unlikely.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
24 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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Gondwana was a supercontinent that included around two-thirds of today's continental area—including what is now Australia, Antarctica, India, South America, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia and New Zealand.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Subcontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontinent. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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