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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Laurasia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /lə.ɹeɪ.ʒə/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Blend of Laurentia + Eurasia.

Meanings

  1. A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses making up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.
    • A diverse collection of ankylosaurs once roamed in great numbers across Laurasia — the northern supercontinent that once contained North America and Asia. 2021 December 1, Asher Elbein, “This Dinosaur Found in Chile Had a Battle Ax for a Tail”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Deriveds

Laurasian

Relateds

Kenorland · Rodinia · Gondwanaland · Pannotia · Pangaea · Gondwana · Ur · Vaalbara

Translations (31)

fi Lauraasia (supercontinent) · ca Lauràsia (supercontinent) · af Laurasië (supercontinent) · ks لاوریسیہٕ (supercontinent) · th มหาทวีปลอเรเชีย (supercontinent) · fr Laurasia (supercontinent) · ru Лавра́зия (supercontinent) · cmn 勞亞大陸 /劳亚大陆 (supercontinent) · pt Laurásia (supercontinent) · ba Лавразия (supercontinent) · kk Лавразия (supercontinent) · gd Laurasia (supercontinent) · de Laurasia (supercontinent) · id Laurasia (supercontinent) · fr Laurasie (supercontinent) · et Lauraasia (supercontinent) · su Laurasia (supercontinent) · tr Lavrasya (supercontinent) · ka ლავრაზია (supercontinent) · ko 로라시아 (supercontinent) · ja ローラシア (supercontinent) · ky Лавразия (supercontinent) · bn লরেশিয়া (supercontinent) · de Laurasien (supercontinent) · fa لوراسیا (supercontinent) · hy Լավրասիա (supercontinent) · ga an Labhráise (supercontinent) · lt Laurazija (supercontinent) · cy Lawrasia (supercontinent) · ta லோரேசியா (supercontinent) · da Laurasien (supercontinent)

wikidata: Q132033