Rodinia

See also: Rodínia

English

Etymology

From Russian ро́дина (ródina, “homeland”), coined by Mark McMenamin and Dianna McMenamin in 1990.

Proper noun

Rodinia

1. (geology) The world supercontinent that formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic era, then broke into eight continents during the Neoproterozoic.

Translations

ancient world supercontinent

• Dhivehi: ރޮޑީނިއާ (roḍīniā)
• Dutch: Rodinië f
• Georgian: როდინია (rodinia)
• German: Rodinia
• Hebrew: רודיניה (he) f
• Japanese: ロディニア大陸 (ロディニアたいりく, rodinia tairiku)
• Korean: 로디니아 (rodinia)
• Lithuanian: Rodinija f
• Portuguese: Rodínia f
• Russian: Роди́ния (ru) f (Rodínija)
• Serbo-Croatian: Родинија f
• Spanish: Rodinia f
• Swedish: Rodinia (sv) n

See also

• Ur, Vaalbara, Kenorland
• Columbia, Nuna, Hudsonland
• Pannotia
• Pangaea
• Gondwanaland, Gondwana
• Laurasia

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