Pangaea Syllabification: (Pan·gae·a)Pronunciation: /panˈjēə/ (also Pangea)Definition of Pangaea a supercontinent comprising all the continental crust of the earth, postulated to have existed in late Paleozoic and Mesozoic times before it broke into Gondwana and Laurasia. Origin: early 20th century: from pan- 'all' + Greek gaia 'earth'Pangaea in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Pangaea in the British & World English dictionary