Pangaea

Pronunciation

• enPR: pănjÄ“'É™, IPA: /pænˈdÊ’iːə/
• Hyphenation: pan + gae + a

Alternative forms

• Pangea US
• Pangæa

Origin

From pan- + γαῖα (gaia, "earth, land"), probably after German Pangäa, coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915.

Full definition of Pangaea

Proper noun

1. A supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.

Derived terms

• Pangaean

Anagrams

• apanage