Català > continent: 1 sentit > nom 1, object| Sentit | One of the large landmasses of the earth. |
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| Espècimens | Africa, Àfrica | The second largest continent |
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| Amèrica del Nord, Nord-Amèrica | A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
| Amèrica del Sud, Sudamérica, Sudamèrica, Sud Amèrica | A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama |
| Antàrtida | An extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle |
| Austràlia | The smallest continent |
| Euràsia | The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia |
| Gondwanaland, Gondwana | A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica |
| Laurasia, Lauràsia | A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into North America and Europe and Asia |
| Pangea | (plate tectonics) a hypothetical continent including all the landmass of the earth prior to the Triassic period when it split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland |
| europa, Europa | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
| Àsia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
| Parts | crató, cratón | The part of a continent that is stable and forms the central mass of the continent |
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| subcontinent | A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent |
| Anglès | continent |
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| Espanyol | continente |
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| Adjectius | continental | Being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe |
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| continental | Of or relating to or characteristic of a continent |
