Urkontinent

German

Etymology

ur- +‎ Kontinent. Coined by German climatologist and geologist Alfred Wegener, who developed the concept of continental drift.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuːɐ̯ˌkɔntinɛnt/

Proper noun

Urkontinent

Former name of Pangäa (“Pangaea”).
Synonym of Ur (“the paleocontinent of Ur”)

Noun

Urkontinent

paleocontinent (a former continent that existed in the past)
Coordinate term: Urozean

Descendants

→ English: ur-continent

Further reading

Urkontinent on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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