subcontinental

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  1. Situated beneath a continent; of or pertaining to what underlies a continent. Thus the subcontinental excess of temperature may make itself felt in regions where the rocks still retain a high temperature, and are probably not far removed from the critical fusion point. W. J. Sollas, in Nature, Sept 13, 1900, p. 487.

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  • India had never really gotten its act together as a subcontinental power. —  AnalogSFF,October2007
  • Winner of the best Marathi feature at January's Pune Film Festival, this powerful tale is a natural for offshore fests wanting to expose auds to the diversity of subcontinental cinema. —  Variety.com
  • Lack of realism in the subcontinental challenge was offset by this oceanic axis during the Cold War, which in turn converted the army into a rightwing organisation wary of all brands of socialist politics. —  Pak Tea House
  • By and large, the countryside I passed through was calm and beautiful, and not obviously less prosperous-looking than its subcontinental neighbor. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • There are nice images ( "dented tureens of mulligatawny" exactly captures a certain kind of subcontinental dining room) and aggressive descriptions. —  Powell's Books: Overview
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