From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsubcontinentsub‧con‧ti‧nent /ˌsʌbˈkɒntɪnənt $ -ˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable] 1 HEPGa very large area of land that is part of a continent2 → the subcontinent
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subcontinent• It is a subcontinent of many religions, many languages, many ethnic groups, and many skin colors.• During the days of the Raj, a train journey across the subcontinent could take a week.• Yet today eunuchs have apparently died out everywhere except in the subcontinent.• Later, it tried in vain to conquer the whole of the subcontinent. 