Gondwana
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editGondwana
- 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
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editregion
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southern supercontinent
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Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editGondwana
- Gondwana (supercontinent).
Declension
editInflection 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
editDerived terms
editcompounds
French
editProper noun
editGondwana m
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editGondwana n
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Polish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Declension
editDeclension of Gondwana
Further reading
edit- Gondwana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”).
Pronunciation
edit
Proper noun
editGondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Coordinate terms
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editGondwana f
- Gondwana (southern supercontinent)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- 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
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ana
- Rhymes:Polish/ana/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Portuguese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ana
- Rhymes:Spanish/ana/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish feminine nouns