8 example sentences using subcontinent.
Subcontinent used in a sentence
Subcontinent in a sentence as a noun
The proximity to the subcontinent makes it easy to bring in the labor force.
Even the British that had the entire Indian subcontinent under them couldn't conquer them.
Much productivity is due to windblown dust from the Indian subcontinent and south-east Asia.
I'm Bengali by ethnicity, and my observation is that people on the subcontinent are racist enough to make a south Georgia ******* blush.
About "To the best of my knowledge there have never been vegetartian societies": Large parts of the Indian subcontinent are vegetarian societies, since millenia.
That being said, cultures on the asian subcontinent seem to have a certain way of avoiding the word "no".So while they will charge the $20 per hour, they will assure you that their work will be completely up to par with the $200 per hour work of experienced developers.
As far as historical racism, I don't know if we want to compare scorecards with the continent that invented colonization and the African slave trade...That said, my point of comparison is Asia, specifically the subcontinent.
With no shortage of fertile areas in the Indian subcontinent, the reasons why the Indus Valley civilization failed to either adapt or shift its center of gravity and instead completely disappeared from history are still, I believe, an open problem.
Subcontinent definitions
a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent