English Explanatory Dictionary

Pangaea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.

Pronunciation

/pænˈd͡ʒiː.ə/ păn-jēʹə LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pangaea.wav

Word forms

Pangaea Pangea Pangæa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth, land”), after German Pangäa, which was coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915. Analyzable as pan- + Gaea.

Related words

supercontinent cycle Ur Vaalbara Kenorland Columbia Nuna Hudsonland Pannotia Rodinia Gondwanaland Gondwana Laurasia

Derived words

Neopangaea Neopangea New Pangaea New Pangea Novopangaea Novopangea Pangaea II Pangea II Pangaea Next Pangea Next Pangaean Pangean Pangaea Proxima Pangea Proxima Pangaea Ultima Pangea Ultima Urpangaea Urpangea
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