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Pangaea

Pan gae a |panˈjēə pænˈʤiə |(also Pangea ) a supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times before it broke into Gondwana and Laurasia. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from pan- ‘all ’ + Greek gaia ‘earth. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

Pangaea

Pangaea |panˈdʒiːə | a vast continental area or supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, which is postulated to have existed in late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic times before breaking up into Gondwana and Laurasia. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from pan- ‘all ’ + Greek gaia ‘earth ’.

 

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