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Noun: subcontinent  ,súb'kón-ti-nunt or ,súb'kónt-nunt
  1. A large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent
    "the Indian subcontinent"

Derived forms: subcontinents

Type of: land mass, landmass

Part of: continent

Encyclopedia: Subcontinent