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SUBCONTINENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("subcontinent" is a kind of...):
land mass; landmass (a large continuous extent of land)
Domain region:
Greenland; Gronland; Kalaallit Nunaat (the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark)
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Holonyms ("subcontinent" is a part of...):
continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)
