Laurasia

English

Etymology

Blend of Laurentia +‎ Eurasia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʒə

Proper noun

Laurasia

2. (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^[1], →ISSN:

     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 (loreśiẏa)
• 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
• Georgian: ლავრაზია (lavrazia)
• 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