English Explanatory Dictionary

Rodinia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The world supercontinent that formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic era, then broke into eight continents during the Neoproterozoic.

Word forms

Rodinia

Etymology

From Russian ро́дина (ródina, “homeland”), coined by Mark McMenamin and Dianna McMenamin in 1990.

Related words

Ur Vaalbara Kenorland Columbia Nuna Hudsonland Pannotia Pangaea Gondwanaland Gondwana Laurasia
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