subcontinent
noun
sub·con·ti·nent
ˌsəb-ˈkän-tə-nənt 
-ˈkänt-nənt
: a large landmass smaller than a continent
especially
: a major subdivision of a continent
the Indian subcontinent
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Negotiations are underway for the rights in Germany and Austria, Switzerland, Latin America, the Baltics, Denmark, former Yugoslavia, the Indian subcontinent, Poland and Sweden.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 May 2024
Based at least in part on Duras’s own childhood experiences as part of the French colonial class in Asia (she was born and spent much of her early life in Vietnam), India Song is not the cosmopolitan tour of the subcontinent that its title suggests.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 19 May 2024
Based at least in part on Duras’s own childhood experiences as part of the French colonial class in Asia (she was born and spent much of her early life in Vietnam), India Song is not the cosmopolitan tour of the subcontinent that its title suggests.
—Erik Morse, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Subcontinent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subcontinent. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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subcontinent
noun
sub·con·ti·nent
ˈsəb-ˈkänt-ᵊn-ənt
-ˈkänt-nənt,
-ˌkänt-
: a large area of land smaller than a continent
especially
: a major subdivision of a continent
the Indian subcontinent
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