Gondwana
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English
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”). The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑndˈwɑnə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒndˈwɑːnə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Proper noun
Gondwana
- A region of central India.
- (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.
- Synonym: (dated) Gondwanaland
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
region
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southern supercontinent
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Finnish
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gondwana
- Gondwana (supercontinent).
Declension
| Inflection of Gondwana (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Gondwana | — | ||
| genitive | Gondwanan | — | ||
| partitive | Gondwanaa | — | ||
| illative | Gondwanaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Gondwana | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Gondwana | — | |
| gen. | Gondwanan | |||
| genitive | Gondwanan | — | ||
| partitive | Gondwanaa | — | ||
| inessive | Gondwanassa | — | ||
| elative | Gondwanasta | — | ||
| illative | Gondwanaan | — | ||
| adessive | Gondwanalla | — | ||
| ablative | Gondwanalta | — | ||
| allative | Gondwanalle | — | ||
| essive | Gondwanana | — | ||
| translative | Gondwanaksi | — | ||
| abessive | Gondwanatta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
compounds
French
Proper noun
Gondwana m
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gondwana n
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Polish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Declension
Declension of Gondwana
Further reading
- Gondwana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Coordinate terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)