Pangaea
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pangaea in British English:
UK [pænˈdʒi:ə]
How to pronounce Pangaea in American English:
US [pænˈdʒiə]
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- Noun:
- (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland
Word Origin
- Pangaea
- "supercontinent of the late Paleozoic era," 1924, from Greek pan- "all" (see pan-) + gaia "earth" (see gaia). First attested in German, 1920, in Alfred Wegener's "Die Entstehung der Kontinente und Ozeane" (not found in 1914 first edition, according to OED).
Example
- 1. No big western club has cracked asia , but pangaea and avalon , two american brands , recently launched spin-offs in singapore .
- 2. Michael ault , pangaea 's owner , says that the key in asia is to have " the most expensive of everything " .
- 3. Over time the two halves of pangaea developed wildly different suites of plants and animals .
- 4. Some 250 million years ago the earth contained a single landmass known as pangaea .
- 5. Where the ancient supercontinent pangaea first broke in two .