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ˌsubcontiˈnental, a.
1. [sub- 1 a.] Situated or occurring under a continent.
1900Sollas in Nature LXII. 487/1 The sub-continental excess of temperature.
2. [sub- 19.] Partly continental.
1897Pop. Sci. Monthly L. 329 The occurrence of what are stated to be subcontinental or terrigenous deposits.
3. [sub- 5 b.] Of or pertaining to a subcontinent, spec. the Indian subcontinent (see prec.).
1973Guardian 5 Mar. 5/2 ‘I've been a Pakistani for 24 years,’ she says, though her accent remains softly Irish and not at all subcontinental. 1975R. Jackson S. Asian Crisis iii. 66 The situation in East Pakistan had been represented..as yet another round in the perennial quarrel between the two sub-continental states. |