"subcontinent" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the subcontinent [canonical]
Etymology: Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent.. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Ellipsis of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Indian subcontinent</i></span>.|lang=}} Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent., {{ellipsis of|en|Indian subcontinent}} Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the subcontinent}} the subcontinent
  1. The Indian subcontinent, South Asia. Synonyms: Subcontinent Derived forms: subcontinental
    Sense id: en-subcontinent-en-name-LzfXP1YC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: subcontinents [plural]
Etymology: sub- + continent Etymology templates: {{pre|en|sub|continent}} sub- + continent Head templates: {{en-noun}} subcontinent (plural subcontinents)
  1. A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent). Coordinate_terms: microcontinent Translations (large landmass): nënkontinent [masculine] (Albanian), شِبْه قارَة (šibh qāra) [feminine] (Arabic), ենթացամաք (entʻacʻamakʻ) (Armenian), yarımqitə (Azerbaijani), субкантыне́нт (subkantynjént) [masculine] (Belarusian), субкантынэ́нт (subkantynént) [masculine] (Belarusian), উপমহাদেশ (upomhadeś) (Bengali), субконтине́нт (subkontinént) [masculine] (Bulgarian), subcontinent [masculine] (Catalan), 次大陸 (Chinese Mandarin), 次大陆 (cìdàlù) (Chinese Mandarin), subkontinent [masculine] (Czech), subkontinent [neuter] (Danish), subcontinent [neuter] (Dutch), subkontinent (Estonian), alakontinent (Estonian), osamanner (Finnish), sous-continent [masculine] (French), სუბკონტინენტი (subḳonṭinenṭi) (Georgian), Subkontinent [masculine] (German), υποήπειρος (ypoḯpeiros) [feminine] (Greek), उपमहाद्वीप (upmahādvīp) [masculine] (Hindi), szubkontinens (Hungarian), álfuhluti [masculine] (Icelandic), anak benua (Indonesian), fo-ilchríoch [feminine] (Irish), subcontinente [masculine] (Italian), 亜大陸 (atairiku) (alt: あたいりく) (Japanese), субконтинент (subkontinent) (Kazakh), ឧបទ្វីប (ʼupattviip) (Khmer), 아대륙 (adaeryuk) (alt: 亞大陸) (Korean), субконтинент (subkontinent) (Kyrgyz), ອະນຸທະວີບ (ʼa nu tha wīp) (Lao), subkontinents [masculine] (Latvian), subkontinentas [masculine] (Lithuanian), потконтине́нт (potkontinént) [masculine] (Macedonian), subbenua (Malay), subkontinent [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), subkontinent [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), شبهقاره (šebh-e-qârre) (Persian), subkontynent [masculine] (Polish), subcontinente [masculine] (Portuguese), ਉਪਮਹਾਂਦੀਪ (upamhāndīp) [masculine] (Punjabi), subcontinent [neuter] (Romanian), субконтине́нт (subkontinént) [masculine] (Russian), потконтѝнент [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), potkontìnent [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), subkontinent [masculine] (Slovak), podcelina [feminine] (Slovene), subcontinente [masculine] (Spanish), subkontinent [common-gender] (Swedish), துணைக்கண்டம் (tuṇaikkaṇṭam) (Tamil), ఉపఖండం (upakhaṇḍaṁ) (Telugu), อนุทวีป (à-nú-tá-wîip) (Thai), altkıta (Turkish), субконтине́нт (subkontynént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), بَرِّصَغِیر (barr-e-saġīr) [masculine] (Urdu), tiểu lục địa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-subcontinent-en-noun-LeTb~kwR Categories (other): English terms prefixed with sub-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "upmahādvīp",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "large landmass",
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          "word": "아대륙"
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          "word": "ອະນຸທະວີບ"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "word": "subbenua"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pa",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "потконтѝнент"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "podcelina"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "tuṇaikkaṇṭam",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "word": "துணைக்கண்டம்"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "upakhaṇḍaṁ",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "word": "ఉపఖండం"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "à-nú-tá-wîip",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "word": "อนุทวีป"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "word": "altkıta"
        },
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "subkontynént",
          "sense": "large landmass",
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "barr-e-saġīr",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "بَرِّصَغِیر"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "large landmass",
          "word": "tiểu lục địa"
        }
      ]
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  "word": "subcontinent"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "yarımqitə"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "subkantynjént",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "субкантыне́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "subkantynént",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "субкантынэ́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "upomhadeś",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "উপমহাদেশ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "subkontinént",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "субконтине́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subcontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "次大陸"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cìdàlù",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "次大陆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "subcontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "alakontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "osamanner"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sous-continent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "subḳonṭinenṭi",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "სუბკონტინენტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypoḯpeiros",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υποήπειρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "upmahādvīp",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उपमहाद्वीप"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "szubkontinens"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álfuhluti"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "anak benua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fo-ilchríoch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subcontinente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あたいりく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "atairiku",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "亜大陸"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "subkontinent",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "субконтинент"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼupattviip",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "ឧបទ្វីប"
    },
    {
      "alt": "亞大陸",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "adaeryuk",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "아대륙"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "subkontinent",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "субконтинент"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼa nu tha wīp",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "ອະນຸທະວີບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinents"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinentas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "potkontinént",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "потконтине́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "subbenua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šebh-e-qârre",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "شبهقاره"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subkontynent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subcontinente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "upamhāndīp",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਉਪਮਹਾਂਦੀਪ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "subcontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "subkontinént",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "субконтине́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "потконтѝнент"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "potkontìnent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podcelina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "subcontinente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "subkontinent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "tuṇaikkaṇṭam",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "துணைக்கண்டம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "upakhaṇḍaṁ",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "ఉపఖండం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-nú-tá-wîip",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "อนุทวีป"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "altkıta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "subkontynént",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "субконтине́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "barr-e-saġīr",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَرِّصَغِیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "large landmass",
      "word": "tiểu lục địa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subcontinent"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English ellipses",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "subcontinental"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ellipsis of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">Indian subcontinent</i></span>.",
        "lang": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent.",
      "name": "no deprecated lang param usage"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Indian subcontinent"
      },
      "expansion": "Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent.",
      "name": "ellipsis of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Ellipsis of Indian subcontinent..",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "the subcontinent",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the subcontinent"
      },
      "expansion": "the subcontinent",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Ilhan Niaz, An Inquiry into the Culture of Power of the Subcontinent, page 290",
          "text": "The Turks had acquired the culture of power of Persia and implemented its political and administrative traditions in the subcontinent.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 8, Jamie Jackson, “Dubai stands by to host Test cricket”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "The terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team in Lahore could lead to Dubai and Abu Dhabi becoming the \"home\" venues for the subcontinent’s cricket-playing countries for the forseeable future, according to leading officials in England and worldwide.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 February 26, Jolyon Attwooll, “Coming up: What's on the world of travel”, in Daily Telegraph",
          "text": "Highlights include a debate on east London architecture, quirky performances staged at the Barbican, music and dance from the subcontinent, and the East Commonwealth Games in Spitalfields Market, with events ranging from bicycle polo to kabaddi (a cross between tag and wrestling).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Indian subcontinent, South Asia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Indian subcontinent",
          "Indian subcontinent"
        ],
        [
          "South Asia",
          "South Asia"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Subcontinent"
    }
  ],
  "word": "subcontinent"
}

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