proto-Britain

noun

The formations far back in geological time that resulted eventually in the British Isles.

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Meanings

noun
  1. The formations far back in geological time that resulted eventually in the British Isles.

    There were still plenty of islands about, including proto-Britain in the west and Iberia in the south[.]

    2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 55
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