Gondwana
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”). The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑndˈwɑnə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒndˈwɑːnə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
Proper noun[edit]
Gondwana
- A region of central India.
- (geology) A 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.
- Synonym: (dated) Gondwanaland
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
region
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southern supercontinent
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Gondwana
- Gondwana (supercontinent).
Declension[edit]
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 | — | ||
abessive | Gondwanatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
French[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Gondwana m
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Gondwana n
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Gondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Gondwana
Further reading[edit]
- Gondwana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Gondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Coordinate terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Gondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɑːnə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːnə/3 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Places in India
- en:Geology
- English terms with quotations
- en:Continents
- Finnish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ondwɑnɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ondwɑnɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with W
- Finnish katiska-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French terms spelled with W
- French masculine nouns
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- Rhymes:Polish/ana
- Rhymes:Polish/ana/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Sanskrit
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- Portuguese proper nouns
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- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ana
- Rhymes:Spanish/ana/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish feminine nouns