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supercontinent

su·per·con·ti·nent

supercontinent

 
pronunciation:
su pr kan tih nnt
part of speech: noun
definition: a giant piece of land that scientists believe existed a very long time ago on the earth. It is thought that this piece of land broke into parts which drifted away from each other. The smaller pieces of land are the seven continents that we have now on the earth. These are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.