Pangaea Definition
păn-jēə
noun
A supercontinent that included all the world's landmasses in the late Paleozoic and, according to the theory of plate tectonics, subsequently broke apart into Laurasia and Gondwana.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
- pangea
Origin of Pangaea
pan– Greek gaia earth
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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