1.HEPGa very large area of land that is part of a continent 次大陆
2.the subcontinentPGthe area of land that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh 南亚次大陆〔包括印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉国〕
Examples from the Corpus
subcontinent• It is a subcontinent of many religions, many languages, many ethnic groups, and many skincolors.• During the days of the Raj, a train journey across the subcontinent could take a week.• Yet today eunuchs have apparently died out everywhere except in the subcontinent.• Later, it tried in vain to conquer the whole of the subcontinent.