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
Indian airstrikes deep into Pakistan and retaliatory shelling across the border have put the subcontinent on edge once again, with many fearing a further escalation between the two nuclear neighbors.
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Matt Williams, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
The White House announced Monday that the president and first lady Melania Trump will visit the subcontinent Feb. 24-25.
—Sarakshi Rai, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2025
India has myriad curries throughout the subcontinent, and the region in the Sivaganga and Pudukottai districts are particularly well known for their masala spices which go into the chicken curry with coconut milk here ($20).
—John Mariani, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Their relations date back to Pakistan's founding amid the United Kingdom's partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, with Iran being the second nation after the U.K. to recognize Pakistan's independence.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
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Matt Williams, The Conversation, 7 May 2025
The White House announced Monday that the president and first lady Melania Trump will visit the subcontinent Feb. 24-25.
—Sarakshi Rai, The Hill, 5 Feb. 2025
India has myriad curries throughout the subcontinent, and the region in the Sivaganga and Pudukottai districts are particularly well known for their masala spices which go into the chicken curry with coconut milk here ($20).
—John Mariani, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Their relations date back to Pakistan's founding amid the United Kingdom's partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, with Iran being the second nation after the U.K. to recognize Pakistan's independence.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontinent
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As instability proliferates across regions and continents in our time, there’s surprisingly little public focus on the security of travel at the highest levels.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Country's global revival reaches the Pacific Islands Being based in the Pacific Islands offers Maoli unique geographical proximity to half the world's continents.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The beach resort is based on the island of Zanzibar, off the Indian Ocean coast of mainland Tanzania.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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The company’s debut comes as Hong Kong has reclaimed its crown as the world’s top listing venue in 2025, driven by surging investor interest in tech stocks and mainland Chinese companies pivoting towards Hong Kong listings to hedge against U.S.-China tensions.—
Cat Wang,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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The Stac Fada Member — part of the supercontinent Rodinia 1 billion years ago — preserves what Earth's surface environments were like before and after the impact, study co-author Tony Prave, an emeritus professor of geoscience at the University of St Andrews, told Live Science.—
Patrick Pester,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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During that time, landmasses consolidated into a supercontinent called Rodinia and then broke apart again.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Subcontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontinent. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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