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Laurasia

name

Etymology

Blend of Laurentia + Eurasia.

  1. derived from 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — “northwest Anatolia”
  2. derived from 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊
  3. derived from Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ
  4. derived from Asia
  5. derived from Asie
  6. inherited from Asia
  7. prefixed as eurasia — “Euro + Asia”
  8. compounded as laurasia — “Laurentia + Eurasia”

Definitions

  1. A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses making up today's continents of…

    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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA