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Gond·wana (gänd wä′nə)
the Mesozoic landmass in the Southern Hemisphere that included what are now South America, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica: it and Laurasia were the result of the splitting of Pangea
often called Gondwanaland Gond·wa′·na·land′ (-land′)
Etymology: after the Gondwana Series, an extensive tillite deposit in Gondwana, region in central India < Gond
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