subcontinental

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subcontinental^¹

adjective

not comparable Of or pertaining to a subcontinent. In the menagerie of subcontinental art, the horse and elephant are most common.
not comparable Located or occurring beneath continental crust. When a subcontinental plume hits such a thin spot, the result would be voluminous shallow magmatism.

subcontinental^²

adjective more subcontinental · most subcontinental

Pertaining to the Indian Subcontinent; South Asian.

noun subcontinentals

A person from the Indian Subcontinent; a South Asian. This does not mean that we value Englishmen at a premium and Africans at a moral discount. Nor does it mean that Canadians are intrinsically more precious to us than subcontinentals.

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@misc{subcontinental_2026,
  title = {subcontinental},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/subcontinental},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}