Gondwana
noun /ɡɒnˈdwɑːnə/
/ɡɑːnˈdwɑːnə/
(also Gondwanaland
[singular] (geology /ɡɒnˈdwɑːnəlænd/
/ɡɑːnˈdwɑːnəlænd/
)- 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.
冈瓦纳古（大）陆，南方古陆（数百万年前存在于南半球的大片陆地，由如今的阿拉伯半岛、南美洲、南极洲、澳大利亚和印度组成） 词源late 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’.