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单词 Pangaea
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Definition of Pangaea in English:

Pangaea

proper nounpanˈdʒiːəpanˈjēə
  • A vast continental area or supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, which is postulated to have existed in late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic times before breaking up into Gondwana and Laurasia.

Origin

Early 20th century: from pan- 'all' + Greek gaia 'earth'.

Rhymes

Achaea, aliyah, Almería, Apia, Bahía, Caesarea, Cassiopeia, Chaldea, Cytherea, Euboea, foreseer, freer, galleria, gynaecea, Iphigenia, Kampuchea, kea, keyer, Latakia, Leah, Lucia, Nicaea, Nicosia, onomatopoeia, Oriya, osteria, Pantelleria, pharmacopoeia, pizzeria, ria, rupiah, sangría, seer, sharia, Shia, skier, spiraea (US spirea), Tanzania, taqueria, Tarpeia, Thea, trachea, trattoria, urea
 
 

Definition of Pangaea in US English:

Pangaea

(also Pangea)
proper nounpanˈjēə
  • A supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times before it broke into Gondwana and Laurasia.

Origin

Early 20th century: from pan- ‘all’ + Greek gaia ‘earth’.

 
 
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