Pangaea
Syllables: pan·gae·a/pænˈd͡ʒiː.ə/
Pangaea proper noun: a former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
Proper noun
Pangaea
- 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
Pangaea meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Persian and Thai
Pangaea in Tamil
- supercontinent prior to Triassic
- பான்கேயா pāṉkēyā
Pangaea in Arabic
- supercontinent prior to Triassic
- بَانْجِيَا banjiyā
Pangaea in Persian
- supercontinent prior to Triassic
- پانجهآ pânje'â
Pangaea in Thai
- supercontinent prior to Triassic
- พันเจีย panjia, ยุคเอกทวีป yóok èk tá-wêep
More languagesFewer languages
- Pangaea in Vietnamese
- Pangaea
- Kashmiri
- پَنگیہٕ pangyụ
Forms of Pangaea
| alternative US | Pangea |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | Pangæa |
Origin of Pangaea
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.
Words formed from Pangaea
- Neopangaea
- Neopangea
- New Pangaea
- New Pangea
- Novopangaea
- Novopangea
- Pangaea II
- Pangea II
- Pangaea Next
- Pangea Next
- Pangaean
- Pangean
- Pangaea Proxima
- Pangea Proxima
- Pangaea Ultima
- Pangea Ultima
- Urpangaea
- Urpangea
Words that rhyme with Pangaea
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- althea
- Anthea
- Caesarea
- hamartia
- Hosea
- Leah
- logorrhea
- maria
- panacea
- Sandia
- Theia
- trachea
- Zia
- Achaea
- Alethea
- carry the message to Garcia
- chia
- chorea
- diarrhea
- Hygieia
- mens rea
- pharmacopoeia
- pro-mia
- quesadilla
- ratafia
- sangria
- shea
- Shi'a
- tortilla
- urea
- Aeaea
- Apamea
- apatheia
- Aramea
- Arimathea
- avania
- cinquedea
- Corea
- deliver the message to Garcia
- dionaea
- dyspnea
- Euboea
- eupatheia
- Euryclea
- Fawzia
- gelateria
- glossopoeia
- gonorrhea
Questions about Pangaea
- What does Pangaea mean?
- Pangaea means a former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
- What is Pangaea in Tamil?
- Pangaea in Tamil is பான்கேயா (pāṉkēyā). See Pangaea meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Pangaea?
- Pangaea is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Pangaea?
- Pangaea is pronounced /pænˈd͡ʒiː.ə/.
Words near Pangaea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Pangaea (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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