sahul
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 5
Definition of sahul
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
name
- The continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, especially during the ice ages of the Pleistocene when these were connected by solid land.
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Etymology
From the name “Sahull” and “Sahoel” of a submerged sandbank between Australia and Timor on Dutch maps of the 17th century. From this the continental shelf was given the name “Sahul Shelf”, and the continent including the dry shelf was called Sahul.
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