Avalonia

English

Etymology

From Avalon +‎ -ia, named after the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, Canada.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Avalonia

  1. A microcontinent in the Paleozoic era, crustal fragments of which underlie south-west Great Britain and the eastern coast of North America.
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