as in continent
a large area of land that is a part of a continent
—used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
the Indian subcontinent
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Recent Examples of subcontinent
The 1947 partition of the South Asian subcontinent into India and Pakistan led to the world’s largest mass migration.
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
While undertaking a magnetic survey of the Indian subcontinent, Colonel Alexander Strange of the Royal Artillery had experienced firsthand the human toll of drought.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
In the 1800s, the investments in railroad infrastructure increased migration to a mass level, transformed the American Midwest to an agricultural powerhouse, and allowed Imperialist powers to grow across Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Its open, hilly terrain has one of the highest densities of tigers on the subcontinent.
—Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
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JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
While undertaking a magnetic survey of the Indian subcontinent, Colonel Alexander Strange of the Royal Artillery had experienced firsthand the human toll of drought.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
In the 1800s, the investments in railroad infrastructure increased migration to a mass level, transformed the American Midwest to an agricultural powerhouse, and allowed Imperialist powers to grow across Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
—Bipul Sinha, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Its open, hilly terrain has one of the highest densities of tigers on the subcontinent.
—Marion Miller, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcontinent
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This neighborhood, peopled almost entirely by the people who claim to have been driven from Poland and Russia, is the eyesore of New York and perhaps the filthiest place on the western continent.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Lane has worked her way through more than 50 countries across all seven continents, trying everything from snowshoeing in Antarctica to glacier trekking in the French Alps.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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Path of annularity The eclipse will rise over mainland Antarctica and set off the Davis Sea coast of the Southern Ocean.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bad Bunny and others have frequently criticized the reliability of the United States' territory's utilities compared to the mainland.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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When several landmasses collided to form the supercontinent Pangea long before the dinosaurs, Earth’s crust shattered into discrete blocks and folded like a rug pushed against a wall, rising to form mountains spanning from the Appalachians to the Atlas.—
Evan Howell,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2026
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The timing of initial human occupation of Sahul—the Pleistocene-era supercontinent that is now Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea—has been debated among archeologists.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Subcontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcontinent. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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