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Ur continent

Ur continent is the alternative form of ur-continent.

Meaning of ur-continent

Noun

ur-continent (plural ur-continents)

  1. An original or primordial continent or landmass.
    • The second group of convection currents operated in the upper half of the mantle only, split the ur-continent and carried North and South America away from Eurasia, explaining the similarity in the two coastlines—[…]2012, M. Sears, D. Merriman, Oceanography: The Past
    Synonyms:
    paleocontinent
  2. Pangaea

Forms of Ur continent

pluralUr continents

Questions about Ur continent

What is Ur continent the alternative form of?
Ur continent is the alternative form of ur-continent.

Words near Ur continent in the dictionary

  1. Uqaylid
  2. Uqaylids
  3. Uqturpan
  4. Uquian
  5. ur
  6. Ur continent
  7. Ur continents
  8. ur mom
  9. ur mum
  10. ur-
  11. ur-ancestor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ur continent (page history and authors); ur-continent (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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