Doggerland

English

Alternative forms

  • Dogger Land

Etymology

From Dogger Bank + -land.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɒ.ɡə.lænd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɑ.ɡɚ.lænd/
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  • Hyphenation: Dog‧ger‧land

Proper noun

Doggerland

  1. A former landmass in the southern North Sea which connected the island of Great Britain to mainland Europe during the last ice age.
  2. By restriction, the region around the Dogger Hills (later, Dogger Island; now Dogger Bank)

Synonyms

(the landmass formerly connecting Great Britain to mainland Europe, now occupied by the North Sea):

  • Agderia
  • Northsealand

Hypernyms

(region around Dogger Bank):

  • Doggerland (Northsealand; the landmass that connected Great Britain to mainland Europe)
  • Northsealand

Hyponyms

(the former landmass connecting Great Britain to mainland Europe, now occupied by the North Sea):

  • Agderia (northern Doggerland (Northsealand))
  • Doggerland (the region around the Dogger Hills, which became Dogger Island, and then Dogger Bank)

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