Gondwana

US: (gond wä′nə)

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Gond•wa•na  (gond wä′nə), n. 

1. Geology, Place Names a hypothetical landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that separated toward the end of the Paleozoic Era to form South America, Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. Also called Gond•wa′na•land′. Cf. Laurasia.

• 1870–75

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Gondwanaland / ɡɒndˈwɑːnəˌlænd/, Gondwana noun

1. one of the two ancient supercontinents produced by the first split of the even larger supercontinent Pangaea about 200 million years ago, comprising chiefly what is now Africa, South America, Australia, Antarctica, and the Indian subcontinent

Etymology: 19th Century: from Gondwana region in central north India, where the rock series was originally found