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
- A region of central India.
- (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
Related terms
Translations
southern supercontinent
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Finnish
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡondwɑnɑ/, [ˈɡo̞ndwɑnɑ]
- Rhymes: -ondwɑnɑ
- Syllabification(key): Gond‧wa‧na
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 | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Gondwanatta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
French
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔnˈdva.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Gon‧dwa‧na
Declension
Declension of Gondwana
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gondwana |
| genitive | Gondwany |
| dative | Gondwanie |
| accusative | Gondwanę |
| instrumental | Gondwaną |
| locative | Gondwanie |
| vocative | Gondwano |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (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/
Coordinate terms
- Laurásia
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡondˈwana/ [ɡõn̪d̪ˈwa.na]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: Gond‧wa‧na
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