Gondwana

[ gond-wah-nuh ]

noun

1. a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era, the remnants of which make up what are now South America, Africa, Arabia, the Indian subcontinent, Australia, and Antarctica. Compare Laurasia ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gondwana¹

First recorded in 1870–75; from Sanskrit goṇḍa, the name of a Dravidian people and region in north central India + vana “forest”

Example Sentences

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

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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 Gondwana series is in many respects the most interesting and important series of the Indian Peninsula.

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The Gondwana beds contain fossils which are of very great interest.

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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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