subcontinent has definitions from the fields of India,geography
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[ noun ] (India,geography) a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

They hail from Travancore , a state in the subcontinent where Kali , the goddess of death , is worshiped .

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