Laurasia

Laurasia

English

Etymology

Blend of Laurentia +‎ Eurasia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʒə

Proper noun

Laurasia

1. (geology) A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.
   • 2021 December 1, Asher Elbein, “This Dinosaur Found in Chile Had a Battle Ax for a Tail”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:

     A diverse collection of ankylosaurs once roamed in great numbers across Laurasia — the northern supercontinent that once contained North America and Asia.

Translations

supercontinent

Afrikaans: Laurasië Armenian: Լավրասիա (hy) (Lavrasia) Bashkir: Лавразия (Lavraziya) Bengali: লরেশিয়া (lôreśiya) Catalan: Lauràsia Chinese: Mandarin: 勞亞大陸／劳亚大陆 (Láoyà dàlù) Danish: Laurasien Estonian: Lauraasia Finnish: Lauraasia French: Laurasia (fr) f, Laurasie (fr) f German: Laurasien n, Laurasia f Indonesian: Laurasia Irish: an Labhráise f Japanese: ローラシア (Rōrashia) Kazakh: Лавразия (Lavraziä) Korean: 로라시아 (rorasia) Kyrgyz: Лавразия (Lavraziya) Lithuanian: Laurazija f Persian: لوراسیا‎ Portuguese: Laurásia f Russian: Лавра́зия f (Lavrázija) Scottish Gaelic: Laurasia Sundanese: Laurasia Tamil: லோரேசியா (lōrēciyā) Thai: มหาทวีปลอเรเชีย Turkish: Lavrasya Welsh: Lawrasia f

See also

• Ur, Vaalbara, Kenorland
• Rodinia, Pannotia
• Pangaea
• Gondwanaland, Gondwana