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Gondwana
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English
+ (India)
Etymology
en sa गोण्डवन Forest of Gondi. The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.
Pronunciation
en /ɡɑndˈwɑnə/ GenAm
en /ɡɒndˈwɑːnə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gondwana.wav Southern England
en ɑːnə 3
Proper noun
en Q1537074 en region of central c/India.
en Q80583en geology A southern supercontinent, formed before Pangaea between 600 and 530 million years ago, that included most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Southern Hemisphere.
en Gondwanaland<q:dated>
en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 Venezuela's Islands in Time Uwe George 539 Gondwana began to break up some 135 million years ago, yet evidence of the original junction still exists: Cliffs and mesa-like mountains in the western Sahara consist of sandstone similar to that of Mount Roraima.
en 2020 Tianfeng Wan The Tectonics and Metallogenesis of Asia Springer Nature 9789811530326 113 https://books.google.com/books?id=3cDcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA113&dq=%22Gondwana%22+supercontinent&hl=&cd=19&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Gondwana%22%20supercontinent&f=false At that time, the Gondwana supercontinent was located at the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere, developed amphibolite metamorphism and formed the united crystalline basement at about 510 Ma.
Coordinate terms
en Laurasia
Derived terms
en Gondwanaland Gondwanan Gondwanic
Related terms
en Gondwanalandic
Translations
region
Bengali: bn গোণ্ডোয়ানা
Bulgarian: bg Гондва́на f
Malayalam: ml ഗോണ്ട്വാന
Tamil: ta கோண்டுவானா
Telugu: te గోండ్వానా
Q80583 southern supercontinent
Azerbaijani: az Qondvana
Bengali: bn গন্ডোয়ানা
Bulgarian: bg Гондва́на f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 岡瓦納大陸 Gāngwǎnà dàlù, cmn 岡瓦那大陸 Gāngwǎnà dàlù
Chuvash: cv Гондвана
Danish: da Gondwanaland
Finnish: fi Gondwana, fi Gondwanamanner, fi Gondwanamaa
French: fr Gondwana m
Georgian: ka გონდვანა
German: de Gondwana n
Indonesian: id Gondwana
Irish: ga Gonduana f, ga Gonduanalainn f
Japanese: ja ゴンドワナ大陸 ゴンドワナたいりく, gondowanatairiku
Kannada: kn ಗೋಂಡ್ವಾನ ಖಂಡ
Kashmiri: ks گونٛڈوانا gōnḍvānā
Kazakh: kk Гондвана
Korean: ko 곤드와나
Kyrgyz: ky Гондвана
Macedonian: mk Гондва́на f
Malayalam: ml ഗോണ്ട്വാന ഭൂഖണ്ഡം
Persian: fa گوندوانا
Polish: pl Gondwana f
Portuguese: pt Gondwana f
Russian: ru Гондва́на f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Gondwana f
Spanish: es Gondwana f
Tamil: ta கோண்டுவானா
en Continents and continental regions
Finnish
Etymology
From fi sa गोण्डवन.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gondwana supercontinent
Declension
Gondwan a sg
Synonyms
fi Gondwanamaa
fi Gondwanamanner
Derived terms
fi compounds Gondwanamaa Gondwanamanner
French
fr:
Proper noun
m
en Gondwana southern supercontinent
German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-Gondwana.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun n
Gondwana southern supercontinent
Polish
pl:
Pronunciation
Pl-Gondwana.ogg
Proper noun
pl proper noun f
en Gondwana southern supercontinent
Declension
Gondwana Gondwany Gondwanie Gondwanę Gondwaną Gondwanie Gondwano
Further reading
Portuguese
pt:
Alternative forms
pt Gonduana
Etymology
pt :bor sa:गोण्डवन<t:Forest of Gondi> + 1
Pronunciation
Gonduana
Proper noun
f
en Gondwana southern supercontinent
Coordinate terms
pt Laurásia
Spanish
es:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
en Gondwana southern supercontinent