Meanings
proper noun
alternative US Pangea · alternative archaic Pangæa
- geographyA former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
The supercontinent status of Pangaea and Rodinia is undisputed. In contrast, there is ongoing controversy on whether Pannotia existed at all.
2021, J. B. Murphy, R. A. Strachan, C. Quesada, editors, Pannotia to Pangaea […] , Geological Society of London, →ISBN, page 82
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
- Proto-Hellenic*pánts
- Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
- Ancient Greekπαν- (pan-)
- Proto-Hellenic*gaya
- Ancient Greekγαῖα (gaîa)
- GermanPangäa
- EnglishPangaea
From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth, land”), after German Pangäa, which was coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915. Analyzable as pan- + Gaea.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَانْجِيَا
- بَانْجِيَا (banjiyā)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Basque Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Bulgarian Пангея
- Пангея (Pangeja)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Catalan Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Chinese Mandarin 盤古大陸 /盘古大陆
- 盤古大陸 /盘古大陆 (Pángǔ dàlù)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Czech Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Danish Pangæa
- Pangæasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Dutch Pangaea, Pangea
- Pangaeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Esperanto Pangeo
- Pangeosupercontinent prior to Triassic
Estonian Pangaea
- Pangaeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Finnish Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
French Pangée
- Pangéesupercontinent prior to Triassic
German Pangäa
- Pangäasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Greek Παγγαία
- Παγγαία (Pangaía)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Hebrew פנגיאה
- פנגיאה (Pangíah)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Hungarian Pangaea között
- Pangaea közöttsupercontinent prior to Triassic
Icelandic Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Irish Pangaea
- Pangaeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Italian Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Japanese パンゲア大陸, パンゲア
- パンゲア大陸 (Pangea-tairiku)supercontinent prior to Triassic
- パンゲア (Pangea)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Korean 판게아
- 판게아 (Pan'gea)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Latin Pangaea
- Pangaeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Latvian Pangeja
- Pangejasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Lithuanian Pangėja
- Pangėjasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Norwegian Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Persian پانجهآ, پانگهآ
- پانجهآ (pânje'â)supercontinent prior to Triassic
- پانگهآ (pânge'â)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Polish Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Portuguese Pangeia
- Pangeiasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Romanian Pangeea
- Pangeeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Russian Панге́я
- Панге́я (Pangéja)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Slovak Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Spanish Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Swedish Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Tamil பான்கேயா
- பான்கேயா (pāṉkēyā)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Thai พันเจีย, ยุคเอกทวีป
- พันเจีย (panjia)supercontinent prior to Triassic
- ยุคเอกทวีป (yóok èk tá-wêep)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Turkish Pangea
- Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Ukrainian Панге́я
- Панге́я (Panhéja)supercontinent prior to Triassic
Vietnamese Pangaea
- Pangaeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Welsh Cymorth Pangea
- Cymorth Pangeasupercontinent prior to Triassic
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Pangaea
viaideaKoreaeamariaTanzaniaLuciaGarciamiaEritrealeaBeadiarrheaLeahsheariaureaHoseapizzeriaSandiatortillaPadillaTheachia
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Pangaea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pangaea
MLA
“Pangaea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pangaea. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pangaea,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pangaea.
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