Meaning Of The Word Laurasia

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Laurasia? Find Laurasia meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Laurasia Meaning

Laurasia Definition
Laurasia Definition

What's The Definition Of Laurasia?

Laurasia in American English
the Mesozoic landmass in the Northern Hemisphere that included what are now North America and Eurasia: it and Gondwana were the result of the splitting of Pangea
noun: a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: split apart to form North America and Eurasia

Laurasia in British English
noun: one of the two ancient supercontinents produced by the first split of the even larger supercontinent Pangaea about 200 million years ago, comprising what are now North America, Greenland, Europe, and Asia (excluding India)

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Wild oats ‐ a woodland plant (Uvularia sessilifolia) of the…
  • Intertrial ‐ adjective: being, or relating to, an interval…
  • Abscam ‐ noun: the code name for an FBI investigation (1978–80)…
  • Take the sting out of sth ‐ If something takes the sting out of a situation…
  • Shriner ‐ noun: a member of a fraternal order (Ancient Arabic…
  • Unmoveably ‐ adverb; adverb:…
  • Transitional ‐ A transitional period is one in which things are…
  • Taintlessly ‐ adverb:…
  • Nanny tax ‐ noun: the portion of Social Security and Medicare…
  • Statal ‐ adjective: of or relating to a state, such as…