Gondwana
/ˌgɒnˈdwɑːnə/(亦作Gondwanaland)
- a vast continental area believed to have existed in the southern hemisphere and to have resulted from the break-up of Pangaea in Mesozoic times. It comprised the present Arabia, Africa, South America, Antarctica, Australia, and the peninsula of India.冈瓦纳大陆（被认为曾在南半球存在过的广阔陆地, 在中生代由于泛古陆分裂而形成, 包括现在的阿拉伯半岛、非洲、南美洲、南极洲、澳洲和印度半岛）。
词源
late 19th cent. （originally denoting any of a series of rocks in India, especially fluviatile shales and sandstones）： from the name of a region in central northern India, from Sanskrit goṇḍavana 'forest of Gond'.