subcontinent
subcontinent
Definition
sub·con·ti·nent (sub′känt′'n ənt)
noun
a large land mass, smaller than that usually called a continent; often, a subdivision of a continent, regarded as a geographic or political entity
subcontinent
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- visit: He has traveled extensively in India during the past forty-seven years, having visited the subcontinent more than a dozen times.
- divide: In 1947 the subcontinent divided into two nation states India and Pakistan.
Adjective modifier
- Indian: Most deaths from snake bites occur on the Indian subcontinent where they are often forced into contact with humans.
- Asian: CWI members from throughout the Asian subcontinent attended the recent World Social Forum in Mumbai, India.
- entire: The recording was amazingly successful and has now been released by the Times Music label throughout the entire Indian subcontinent; who knows?
Modifies a noun
- today: Kala azar ( visceral leishmaniasis ) is still rampant in parts of Africa and the Indian subcontinent today and kills thousands every year.
- form: Asians from the Indian subcontinent form the second largest ethnic group in schools.
Preposition: in
- century: When the British first gained a foothold on the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century their concern was profit.
Browse dictionary entries near subcontinent
- subconscious
- subcomponent
- subcompact
- subcommittee
- subclinical
- subclimax
- subclavian groove
- subclavian
- subclass
- subchloride
- subcontract
- subcontractor
- subcontrary
- subcortical
- subcostal
- subcritical
- subculture
- subcutaneous
- subdeacon
- subdeb
