Gond
Americannoun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gond
First recorded in 1810–15; from Hindi, from Sanskirit goṇḍa “fleshy navel, person having a fleshy navel, Gond”
Example Sentences
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According to a slip from the hospital, Shyamlal Gond was brought in dead at 10.02 local time on 29 January.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
“My baby will be safer,” she said in Gondi, a language spoken by an estimated 13 million members of the Indigenous Gond community.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Even Mr. Neti’s uncle, Siya Ram Singh Gond, shook his head gravely at the thought of how long they had lived without these tools.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2017
OK, it’s one of the two ancient continents that existed on Earth 180 million years ago and it’s named after the modern-day Gond people of central Asia, so there’s some science to it.
From Time ● Mar. 13, 2014
Similar alliances have taken place among other tribes, as the Korku chiefs of the Gāwilgarh and Mahādeo hills, and the Gond princes of Garha Mandla.
From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell
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