Chinese | English |
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大陸 noun | continent [continents](each of main land-masses on earth's surface) landmass [landmasses](large continuous area of land) mainland(the main landmass of a country or continent) |
大陸 proper noun | mainland China(Communist China understood via its geographical position) |
大陸人 noun | mainlander [mainlanders](someone who lives on the mainland) |
大陸架 noun | continental shelf(the area of sea around a land mass) |
大陸棚 noun | continental shelf(the area of sea around a land mass) |
中國大陸 proper noun | mainland China(Communist China understood via its geographical position) |
中土大陸 proper noun | Middle-earth(fictional place on Earth where most of the stories of J. R. R. Tolkien are set) |
勞亞大陸 proper noun | Laurasia(supercontinent) |
岡瓦納大陸 proper noun | Gondwana(southern supercontinent) |
岡瓦那大陸 proper noun | Gondwana(southern supercontinent) |
新大陸 proper noun | New World(the Americas and Oceania) |
新大陸禿鷲 noun | New World vulture(bird of the family Cathartidae) |
次大陸 noun | subcontinent [subcontinents](large landmass) |
歐亞大陸 proper noun | Eurasia(the largest landmass on Earth, consisting of Europe and Asia) |
盤古大陸 proper noun | Pangaea(supercontinent prior to Triassic) |
美洲大陸 proper noun | New World(the Americas and Oceania) |
舊大陸 proper noun | Old World(The Eastern Hemisphere, especially Europe, Africa and Asia) |
舊大陸禿鹫 noun | Old World vulture(large scavenging bird) |