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Laurasia definition

Lau·ra·sia (lô rā′z̸hə, -s̸hə)

the Mesozoic landmass in the Northern Hemisphere that included what are now North America and Eurasia: it and Gondwana were the result of the splitting of Pangea

Etymology: Laur(entian) + (Eur)asia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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