Pangaea en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- păn-jēʹə
- /pænˈd͡ʒiː.ə/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth, land”), after German Pangäa, which was coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915. Analyzable as pan- + Gaea.
Meanings
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A former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
The supercontinent status of Pangaea and Rodinia is undisputed. In contrast, there is ongoing controversy on whether Pannotia existed at all.
2021, J. B. Murphy, R. A. Strachan, C. Quesada, editors, Pannotia to Pangaea […] , Geological Society of London, →ISBN, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pangea | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| Pangæa | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Pangaean · Pangea Next · Pangaea II · Pangaea Proxima · New Pangaea · Urpangaea · Neopangaea · Pangaea Ultima · Pangea Proxima · New Pangea · Novopangaea · Novopangea · Urpangea · Pangaea Next · Pangea Ultima · Pangean · Pangea II · Neopangea
Relateds
supercontinent cycle · Kenorland · Rodinia · Gondwanaland · Pannotia · Nuna · Hudsonland · Gondwana · Columbia · Ur · Laurasia · Vaalbara
Translations (54)
ru Панге́я (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · lb Pangäa (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · it Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ks پَنگیہٕ (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · cs Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · gl Panxea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · eu Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · et Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · tr Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · mk Пангеја (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · sq Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · uk Панге́я (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · nl Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · pt Pangeia (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · es Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · hu Pangaea között (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · sh Пангеа (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · cmn 盤古大陸 /盘古大陆 (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · vi Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · bg Пангея (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · cy Cymorth Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · wa Pandjêye (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · sk Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · la Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · is Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ko 판게아 (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · th ยุคเอกทวีป (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · sh Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · he פנגיאה (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ta பான்கேயா (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · kk Пангея (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ar بَانْجِيَا (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · lt Pangėja (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ka პანგეა (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · de Pangäa (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ro Pangeea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · el Παγγαία (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · nl Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ca Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · fa پانجهآ (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · be Панге́я (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · fr Pangée (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ga Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · sl Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · hy Պանգեա (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · da Pangæa (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · pl Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · lv Pangeja (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · th พันเจีย (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · fi Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · ja パンゲア大陸 (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · eo Pangeo (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · no Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) · sv Pangea (supercontinent prior to Triassic)