SUBCONTINENT


Meaning of SUBCONTINENT in English

“+ noun

Etymology: sub- + continent

1. : a landmass (as Greenland) of great size but smaller than any of the usually recognized continents

2. : a vast and more or less self-contained subdivision of a continent

the Indian subcontinent stretches northward into the Himalayas and comprises all of the Indian peninsula including Pakistan

• sub·continental “+ adjective

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.