Geography glossary

PANGAEA

pangaea: translation

the name that Wegener gave to his proposed single supercontinent in his theory of continental drift.

  1. pangaea—Pangaea translation n.em [Gr.em panem all gaiaem earth] The theory of an ancient continent from which the present continents split off by continental drift....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
  2. pangaea—Istrong rum n.em и Pangaeus monsПангей горная цепь в Македонии на границе с Фракией к вост. от устья Стримона V PM Lcn Pangaeus a um [Pangaeus mons]пангейский поэт. фраки...Латинско-русский словарь