Meanings
proper noun
alternative Novopangea
- A hypothetical future supercontinent.
In about 250 million years a new supercontinent, Novopangaea, would form on the opposite side of Earth from the original Pangaea, as the Americas and Asia crunch in around northbound Australia.
2018, New Scientist, This Book Will Blow Your Mind: Journeys at the Extremes of Science, Hachette UK, →ISBN
Origin
From Latin novo (“new”) + Pangaea.
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APA
Novopangaea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Novopangaea
MLA
“Novopangaea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Novopangaea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Novopangaea,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Novopangaea.
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