# Gondwana

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡɑndˈwɑnə/ · frequency rank #71,537

## Definitions
1. A region of central India.
2. 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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गोण्डवन (goṇḍavana, “Forest of Gondi”). The continent was named after the region in India by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess in 1861.

## Source
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