Gondwana

冈瓦那大陆

发音

US /ɡɑndˈwɑnə/
其它
UK /ɡɒndˈwɑːnə/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A region of central India.

  2. 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.

    冈瓦纳大陆

    冈瓦那大陆

    地质

词源

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

来源：wiktionary