subcontinent
次大陆,次大陆地区,次大陆地区的,亚大陆
Definitions
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- : a large, relatively self-contained landmass forming a subdivision of a continent: the subcontinent of India.
- : a large landmass, as Greenland, that is smaller than any of the usually recognized continents.
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In tandem, the report said, the monsoon will strengthen over the subcontinent, leading to rain-fed flooding and humid heat stress, a combination of high temperature and moisture.
The opening of the Suez Canal—connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea—revolutionised trade between Europe and India by cutting travel time from England to the subcontinent from more than three months to four or five weeks.
This dish, like most on the subcontinent, varies between regions and families.
Xiaomi also beat Apple to opening up physical stores on the subcontinent.
Sales in the subcontinent, where Xiaomi has been the number one smartphone brand for thirteen quarters, bolstered Xiaomi’s previous position as the world’s fourth largest smartphone company.
That could put the entire subcontinent on the brink of catastrophe.
He too, it is clear, wants to end the cold war in the subcontinent.
Coca-Cola was back on the subcontinent after 20 years away.
He seeks the creation of a Muslim caliphate over the entire subcontinent.
“Badmashi” means a “goon” in the Urdu and Hindi parlance of the subcontinent.
In the great subcontinent of South Asia live more than a sixth of the earth's population.