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What did the name Pangea mean in Greek?
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Pangea
Distribution of landmasses, mountainous regions, shallow seas, and deep ocean basins near the end of the Permian Period. Included in the paleogeographic reconstruction are the locations of the interval's subduction zones.
The name Pangea is derived from the Greek word pangaia, which means "all the Earth". Some sources also describe the term as meaning "all lands".12