subcontinent

Noun
  1. A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent (synset 109473098)
    domain region:
    • greenland, gronland, kalaallit nunaat - the largest island in the world; lies between the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean; a self-governing province of Denmark
    • bharat, india, republic of india - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
    is a type of: land mass, landmass - a large continuous extent of land
    is a part of: continent - one of the large landmasses of the earth

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