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subcontinentsub‧con‧ti‧nent /ˌsʌbˈkɒntɪnənt $ -ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable] - During the days of the Raj, a train journey across the subcontinent could take a week.
- It is a subcontinent of many religions, many languages, many ethnic groups, and many skin colors.
- Later, it tried in vain to conquer the whole of the subcontinent.
- Yet today eunuchs have apparently died out everywhere except in the subcontinent.
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