Gondwana

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

2. A region of central India.
4. (geology) A southern supercontinent, formed after the break up of Pangaea before the Triassic period, including most of the landmasses which make up today's continents of the Southern Hemisphere.

   Synonym: (dated) Gondwanaland

   • 2020, Tianfeng Wan, The Tectonics and Metallogenesis of Asia, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 113:

     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.

Derived terms

• Gondwanaland
• Gondwanan

Related terms

• Gondwanalandic

Translations

southern supercontinent

• Azerbaijani: Qondvana
• Bengali: গন্ডোয়ানা (gonḍōẏana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 岡瓦納大陸／冈瓦纳大陆 (Gāngwǎnà dàlù), 岡瓦那大陸／冈瓦那大陆 (Gāngwǎnà dàlù)

• Chuvash: Гондвана (Gondvana)
• Danish: Gondwanaland
• Finnish: Gondwana, Gondwanamanner, Gondwanamaa
• French: Gondwana (fr) m
• German: Gondwana n
• Indonesian: Gondwana
• Irish: Gonduana f, Gonduanalainn f
• Japanese: ゴンドワナ大陸 (ゴンドワナたいりく, gondowanatairiku)
• Kannada: ಗೋಂಡ್ವಾನ ಖಂಡ (gōṇḍvāna khaṇḍa)
• Kazakh: Гондвана (Gondvana)
• Korean: 곤드와나 (gondeuwana)
• Kyrgyz: Гондвана (Gondvana)
• Macedonian: Гондва́на f (Gondvána)
• Malayalam: ഗോണ്ട്വാന ഭൂഖണ്ഡം (gōṇṭvāna bhūkhaṇḍaṃ)
• Persian: گوندوانا‎
• Polish: Gondwana (pl) f
• Portuguese: Gondwana (pt) f
• Russian: Гондва́на (ru) f (Gondvána)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gondwana f
• Spanish: Gondwana f
• Tamil: கோண்டுவானா (kōṇṭuvāṉā)

Finnish

Etymology

From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡondwɑnɑ/, [ˈɡo̞ndwɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ondwɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Gond‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Gondwana

1. Gondwana (supercontinent).

Declension

Inflection of Gondwana (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Gondwanatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Gondwana (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Gondwanani	Gondwanamme
2nd person	Gondwanasi	Gondwananne
3rd person	Gondwanansa

Synonyms

• Gondwanamaa
• Gondwanamanner

French

Proper noun

Gondwana m

1. Gondwana (southern supercontinent)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Gondwana n

1. Gondwana (southern supercontinent)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔnˈdva.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Gon‧dwa‧na

Proper noun

Gondwana f

1. Gondwana (southern supercontinent)

Declension

Declension of Gondwana

	singular
nominative	Gondwana
genitive	Gondwany
dative	Gondwanie
accusative	Gondwanę
instrumental	Gondwaną
locative	Gondwanie
vocative	Gondwano

Further reading

• Gondwana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Gondwana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Gonduana

Etymology

From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡõ.duˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡõ.dʊˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡõˈdwɐ̃.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡõ.duˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ɡõ.dʊˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ɡõˈdwɐ̃.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡõ.duˈɐ.na/ [ɡõ.dʊˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ɡõˈdwɐ.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡõˈdwɐ.nɐ/

Proper noun

Gondwana f

1. Gondwana (southern supercontinent)

Coordinate terms

• Laurásia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡondˈwana/ [ɡõn̪d̪ˈwa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Gond‧wa‧na

Proper noun

Gondwana f

1. Gondwana (southern supercontinent)