Gondwana \gän-ˈdwä-nə\ geographical name: one of two supercontinents resulting from the breakup of Pangaea, comprising what is now South America, Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica
Etymology: from the Gondwana region of central northern India, where some of the earliest rock formations of the supercontinent were first investigated
Gondwana was formerly known as Gondwanaland.
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