Pangaea

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English

Pronunciation

  • pănjē'ə, /pænˈdʒiːə/, /p{n"dZi:@/

Etymology

Latin Pangaea from Greek παγγαία (pangaía), from πάν (pán) "all" + γή (gē) "earth"; coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915.

Hyphenation

pan·gae·a

Proper noun

Pangaea

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

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Alternative spellings

  • Pangea (mainly US)

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