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Definition of Gondwana noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Gondwana

noun
 
/ɡɒnˈdwɑːnə/
 
/ɡɑːnˈdwɑːnə/
(also Gondwanaland
 
/ɡɒnˈdwɑːnəlænd/
 
/ɡɑːnˈdwɑːnəlænd/
)
[singular] (geology)
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  1. a very large area of land that existed in the southern hemisphere millions of years ago. It was made up of the present Arabia, Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia and India.
    Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally denoting any of a series of rocks in India): from the name of a region in central northern India, from Sanskrit goṇḍavana ‘forest of Gond’.
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