Gondwana

[ gond-wah-nuh ]

/ gɒndˈwɑ nə /

noun

a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia.

Also called Gond·wa·na·land.

Compare Laurasia.

Origin of Gondwana

First recorded in 1870–75

Example sentences from the Web for gondwana

A strip of Gondwana beds follows approximately the course of the Godavari.

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Several of the plants are identical with forms which occur in the upper portion of the Gondwana system.

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Upper Gondwana beds also occur in small patches at several other places near the east coast.

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The upper part of the Gondwana series is not improbably Jurassic.

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She is more worshipped in Gondwana and the forest tracts to the east and south of it than in any other part of India.

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Gondwana

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