HT204053 syncing contacts with icloud

I am a new iPhone user.  I have an iPhone 4S and am very happy with it.  HOWEVER...after reading up on this topic, I am confused.  I have enabled my iCloud account...but...I've not been successful with the actual syncing of the contacts.  To add another dimension to this conundrum, my contacts list is from Gmail.  Perhaps this isn't possible!?!
Help!

Yes, this is the issue. iCloud wouldn't help you in this case, because your contacts are stored on a Google server. You would have to set up your google account on your devices to sync your contacts between them. Please see this website for more information: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/3008051?hl=en&ref_topic=21369
I hope it will help you.

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