Continents
A continent is one of the world's main continuous pieces
of land. (The word continent comes from the Latin terra continens,
meaning "continuous land".)
Unfortunately, even the experts cannot agree on how many
continents there are:
- 7 Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe,
North America, Oceania, South America
- 6 Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Eurasia, North
America, Oceania, South America
- 6 Continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia,
Europe, Oceania
- 5 Continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Eurasia,
Oceania
- 4 Continents: Eurafrasia, America, Antarctica,
Oceania
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| Curiously, we have a word for somebody
who comes from Mars (a Martian), but we have
no word for somebody who comes from Antarctica. |
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| This chart lists what is probably the most
widely-accepted number of continents (7), and shows the associated
adjective and the noun used for a person from each continent:
| Continent |
Adjective |
Person |
| Africa |
African |
an African |
| Antarctica |
Antarctic |
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| Asia |
Asian |
an Asian |
| Europe |
European |
a European |
| North America |
North American |
a North American |
| Oceania |
Oceanian |
an Oceanian |
| South America |
South American |
a South American |
"Continent" is a geographical term, not political.
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