Laurasia

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/lə.ɹeɪ.ʒə/

proper noun

A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses making up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. geographyA supercontinent which included most of the landmasses making up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.

    A diverse collection of ankylosaurs once roamed in great numbers across Laurasia — the northern supercontinent that once contained North America and Asia.

    2021 December 1, Asher Elbein, “This Dinosaur Found in Chile Had a Battle Ax for a Tail”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

Blend of Laurentia + Eurasia.

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Translations

Afrikaans Laurasië
  • Laurasiësupercontinent
Bengali লরেশিয়া
  • লরেশিয়া (loreśiẏa)supercontinent
Catalan Lauràsia
  • Lauràsiasupercontinent
Chinese Mandarin 勞亞大陸 /劳亚大陆
  • 勞亞大陸 /劳亚大陆 (Láoyà dàlù)supercontinent
Danish Laurasien
  • Laurasiensupercontinent
Estonian Lauraasia
  • Lauraasiasupercontinent
Finnish Lauraasia
  • Lauraasiasupercontinent
French Laurasia, Laurasie
  • Laurasiasupercontinent
  • Laurasiesupercontinent
German Laurasien, Laurasia
  • Laurasiensupercontinent
  • Laurasiasupercontinent
Indonesian Laurasia
  • Laurasiasupercontinent
Irish an Labhráise
  • an Labhráisesupercontinent
Japanese ローラシア
  • ローラシア (Rōrashia)supercontinent
Korean 로라시아
  • 로라시아 (rorasia)supercontinent
Lithuanian Laurazija
  • Laurazijasupercontinent
Persian لوراسیا
  • لوراسیاsupercontinent
Portuguese Laurásia
  • Laurásiasupercontinent
Russian Лавра́зия
  • Лавра́зия (Lavrázija)supercontinent
Scottish Gaelic Laurasia
  • Laurasiasupercontinent
Tamil லோரேசியா
  • லோரேசியா (lōrēciyā)supercontinent
Thai มหาทวีปลอเรเชีย
  • มหาทวีปลอเรเชียsupercontinent
Turkish Lavrasya
  • Lavrasyasupercontinent
Welsh Lawrasia
  • Lawrasiasupercontinent

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Laurasia

AsiaAustralasiafantasiaEurasiaaphasiaphantasiadysphasiaagerasiaAmasiaaphantasiabronchodysplasiaeucrasiaIndoasiaoniochalasia
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Cite this entry
APA

Laurasia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Laurasia

MLA

“Laurasia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Laurasia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Laurasia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Laurasia.

Source: Laurasia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.