Sahul

发音

/səˈhuːl/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    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.

相关短语

Sahul brush cuckoo Sahul brush cuckoos

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary