- Gondwanaland
- or Gondwana geographical name hypothetical land area believed to have once connected the Indian subcontinent & the landmasses of the southern hemisphere
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Gondwanaland
Look at other dictionaries:
Gondwanaland — Logo des Zoos Leipzig Gondwanaland ist die 16.500 Quadratmeter große Riesentropenhalle im Zoo Leipzig. In der nach Gondwana, dem Urkontinent auf der Südhalbkugel, benannten Halle werden bei Temperaturen von 24 bis 26 °C und einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gondwanaland — prop. n. 1. A hypothetical continent that (according to plate tectonic theory) broke up later into India and Australia and Africa and South America and Antarctica. See {plate tectonics}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gondwanaland — a supercontinent proposed by Alfred Wegener after the breakup of Pangaea (the single continent) into two. Gondwanaland was the southerly of these two … Geography glossary
Gondwanaland (band) — Gondwanaland, originally billed as Gondwanaland Project, are an Australian musical ensemble which combines traditional Australian instruments such as didgeridoo and bullroarer with western instruments such as synthesizer and guitar.Among the… … Wikipedia
Gondwanaland (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Gondwanaland Type = Album Artist = Steroid Maximus Released = 1992 Recorded = Self Immolation Studios, Brooklyn (Summer 1989–Summer 1990) Genre = Jazz, Avant garde, Tribal Length = 54:52 Label = Big Cat Records Producer = J … Wikipedia
Gondwanaland — Gond·wa·na·land (gŏnd wäʹnə lănd ) n. The hypothetical protocontinent of the Southern Hemisphere that, according to the theory of plate tectonics, broke up into India, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, and South America. [After Gondwana a region… … Universalium
Gondwanaland — noun Older name for Gondwana See Also: Gondwana … Wiktionary
Gondwanaland — Gond|wa|na|land, das <o. Pl.> [nach Gondwana, dem Reich der Gond in Indien südl. des Ganges, Ende des 19. Jh.s in die Fachliteratur eingeführt] (Paläont.): große Landmasse der Südhalbkugel, die vom Ende des Präkambriums bis ins Mesozoikum… … Universal-Lexikon
Gondwanaland — Gon|dwa|na|land the very large area of land that existed about 200 million years ago, before it broke apart to form Antarctica, Australia, Africa, South America, and India →↑Laurasia →↑Pangaea … Dictionary of contemporary English
Gondwanaland — Gond|wa|na|land das; [e]s: großer Kontinent der Südhalbkugel im ↑Paläozoikum u. ↑Mesozoikum … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
