Meanings
- geographyA 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.
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.
2020, Tianfeng Wan, The Tectonics and Metallogenesis of Asia, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 1131 more example
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.
1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 539Synonyms: Gondwanaland
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA 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.
Origin
- Sanskritगोण्डवन“Forest of Gondi”
- EnglishGondwana
Borrowed from Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”). The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.
More words from Sanskrit
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Bengali গোণ্ডোয়ানা, গন্ডোয়ানা
- গোণ্ডোয়ানা (gōnḍōẇana)region
- গন্ডোয়ানা (gonḍōẇana)southern supercontinent
Bulgarian Гондва́на, Гондва́на
- Гондва́на (Gondvána)region
- Гондва́на (Gondvána)southern supercontinent
Chinese Mandarin 岡瓦納大陸 /冈瓦纳大陆, 岡瓦那大陸 /冈瓦那大陆
- 岡瓦納大陸 /冈瓦纳大陆 (Gāngwǎnà dàlù)southern supercontinent
- 岡瓦那大陸 /冈瓦那大陆 (Gāngwǎnà dàlù)southern supercontinent
Danish Gondwanaland
- Gondwanalandsouthern supercontinent
Finnish Gondwana, Gondwanamanner
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
- Gondwanamannersouthern supercontinent
- Gondwanamaasouthern supercontinent
French Gondwana
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
German Gondwana
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
Indonesian Gondwana
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
Irish Gonduana, Gonduanalainn
- Gonduanasouthern supercontinent
- Gonduanalainnsouthern supercontinent
Japanese ゴンドワナ大陸
- ゴンドワナ大陸 (gondowanatairiku)southern supercontinent
Korean 곤드와나
- 곤드와나 (gondeuwana)southern supercontinent
Persian گوندوانا
- گوندواناsouthern supercontinent
Polish Gondwana
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
Portuguese Gondwana
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
Russian Гондва́на
- Гондва́на (Gondvána)southern supercontinent
Scottish Gaelic Gondwana
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
Spanish Gondwana
- Gondwanasouthern supercontinent
Tamil கோண்டுவானா, கோண்டுவானா
- கோண்டுவானா (kōṇṭuvāṉā)region
- கோண்டுவானா (kōṇṭuvāṉā)southern supercontinent
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Gondwana
Cite this entry
Gondwana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gondwana
“Gondwana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gondwana. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gondwana,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gondwana.
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