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Definition: Subcontinent |
SubcontinentNoun1. A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Subcontinent |
| English words defined with "subcontinent": Bharat, bonavist ♦ Dolichos lablab ♦ Egyptian bean ♦ hyacinth bean ♦ India, Indian bean, Indian race ♦ Lablab purpureus ♦ Republic of India. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "subcontinent": Asian Americans ♦ Encephalitis Virus, Japanese. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are together often said to make up the Indian subcontinent or just the subcontinent (Being split here by the Himilayas. Occasionally, Europe is described as a subcontinent of Eurasia.
See also: plate tectonics
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Subcontinent."
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Screenplays | One anorexic little looney in a loin cloth and we lost an entire subcontinent. (Water; writing credit: Dick Clement; Ian La Frenais) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Sulaiman Mountains are a major geological feature of Pakistan and one of the bordering ranges of the Indian subcontinent. Credit: NASA. |
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Health | Asia and the Indian subcontinent, especially in areas where humans raise pigs and consume freshwater plants. (references) | |
Epidemics and high endemic disease rates have occurred in the Central Asian Republics, the Indian subcontinent, and across Asia and the Pacific Islands. (references) | ||
Economic History | India | Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 500 years. (references) |
Pakistan | After 1850, the British or those influenced by them governed virtually the entire subcontinent. (references) | |
India | India is a subcontinent, nearly 2,000 miles from north to south and 1,800 miles from east to west. (references) | |
Minorities | United Arab Emirates | It is estimated that more than 50 percent of foreign workers are from the Indian subcontinent. (references) |
Political Economy | Fiji | The population of approximately 845,000 is a multiracial, multicultural mix, with indigenous Fijians comprising 51 percent, Indo-Fijians (descendents of immigrants from the Indian subcontinent) approximately 44 percent, and Asians, Caucasians, and other Pacific Islanders making up the rest. (references) |
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Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | In the great subcontinent of South Asia live more than a sixth of the earth's population. |
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| "Subcontinent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Subcontinent" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 80 | 37,112 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
indian subcontinent | 7 |
indian subcontinent map | 4 |
subcontinent | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "subcontinent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | субконтинент. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 次大陆. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | شبه قاره . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Intian niemimaa (the Indian subcontinent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sous-continent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Subkontinent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μικρή ήπειροσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | subcontinente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 亜大陸 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あたいりく. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubcontinentsay subcontinente. (various references) субконтинент. (various references) potkontinent. (various references) subcontinente. (various references) subkontinent. (various references) ทวีปย่อย. (various references) kıtalardan küçük kara parçası, kıta parçası. (various references) субконтинент. (various references) lục địa nhỏ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "subcontinent": subcontinental, subcontinents. (additional references) | |
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"Subcontinent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: subcontienent, subcontient. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "subcontinent" (pronounced subkÄ"ntununt) |
| 9 | -k Ä" n t u n u n t | continent, incontinent. |
| 6 | -t u n u n t | abstinent, impertinent, pertinent. |
| 5 | -u n u n t | consonant, contaminant, covenant, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, immanent, imminent, permanent, predominant, preeminent, prominent, recombinant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent. |
| 4 | -n u n t | complainant, component, exponent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, pregnant, proponent, remnant, repugnant, stagnant, tenant. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-i-n-n-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: continents. | |
-3 letters: bounciest, continent, continues, innocents, noninsect, sunbonnet, unbonnets. | |
-4 letters: bonniest, bounties, contents, continue, counties, inconnus, innocent, stenotic, subtonic, tinstone, tonetics, tontines, unbitten, unbonnet, unctions. | |
-5 letters: benison, boniest, bonnets, bounces, buncoes, bunions, bunnies, butties, buttons, cobnuts, conines, consent, content, contest, contuse, cutties, inconnu, intents, intones, neuston, nonsuit, notices, nuncios, scottie, section, stouten, subtone, suction. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-i-n-n-n-o-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: subcontinents. | |
+2 letters: subcontinental. | |
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