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Vaalbara

Vaalbara proper noun: a hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.

Proper noun

Vaalbara

  1. A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.

Origin of Vaalbara

Blend of Kaapvaal + Pilbara, coined by American geologist Eric Cheney in 1996.

Questions about Vaalbara

What does Vaalbara mean?
Vaalbara means a hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.
What part of speech is Vaalbara?
Vaalbara is a proper noun.

Words near Vaalbara in the dictionary

  1. vaagmers
  2. Vaal
  3. vaal kameel
  4. vaala
  5. vaalah
  6. Vaalbara
  7. vaalhaai
  8. Vaalian
  9. Vaalie
  10. Vaalies
  11. vaalite

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