Sahul
Meaning
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.
Synonyms
Greater Australia
Translations
غينيا الجديدة
Nova Guinea
Sahul
Nouvelle Guinée Nouvelle-Guinée Sahul Nouvelle‐Guinée
Nuova Guinea
Nieuw-Guinea
Nova Guiné
Nueva Guinea
Yeni GinePronounced as (IPA)
/səˈhuːl/
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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