GONDWANALAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gondwanaland mean? 

• GONDWANALAND (noun)
  The noun GONDWANALAND has 1 sense:

1. a hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica

  Familiarity information: GONDWANALAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GONDWANALAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

continent (one of the large landmasses of the earth)

Holonyms ("Gondwanaland" is a part of...):

southern hemisphere (the hemisphere to the south of the equator)

 Context examples 

The findings, said scientists, indicate fauna from the prehistoric megacontinent Gondwanaland migrated to Laurasia.

(Cretaceous baby snake fossil found in Myanmar, Wikinews)