Lau·ren·tia 
(lô-rĕnshə)
(lô-rĕnshə)n.
The North American craton which, according to the theory of plate tectonics, has existed since the Paleozoic Era and was once part of a supercontinent comprising present-day North America and Greenland.
[After the Laurentian Shield, the continental shield underlying northeast North America that forms the nucleus of the North American continent, after the SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER.]
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