paleocontinent

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noun

A continent that existed in the geological past.

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Meanings

nounpaleocontinent (plural paleocontinents)

plural paleocontinents · alternative palaeocontinent

  1. A continent that existed in the geological past.

    There was also a northern paleocontinent, Angara-Land, spanning the present-day North Atlantic connecting North America with Europe via Greenland and including the whole of Asia north of the Tethys.

    2012, Henry R. Frankel, The Continental Drift Controversy, volume 1, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
ur-continent

Origin

From paleo- + continent.

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Translations

Catalan paleocontinent
  • paleocontinentcontinent that existed in the geological past
German Urkontinent
  • Urkontinentcontinent that existed in the geological past
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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