Last night there was a discussion about the number of continents there are in the world, and depending on your language or your country, the quantity can vary from 4 to 7. The French for instance, have 4 accepted divisions with 4, 5, 6 or 7 continents. The other issue is how you use the word "America". While Americans (from US), call themselves America, the word America is also used by a lot of people to quote the continent America, which Americans (from US) call The Americas. At the end of this post you'll find 5 questions, if you want to answer them you are welcome.
Let's go with the America thing first:
America:
America (English). The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the US, the U.S.A., the USA, the U.S. of A., the States, and America, is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Canada and Mexico.
English=Country
America (Spanish). América es un continente que se extiende en gran parte del Hemisferio Occidental de la Tierra. Translation: America is a continent occupying great part of the Occidental Hemisphere of the Earth.
Spanish=Continent
America (French). L'Amérique est un continent ou la réunion de deux continents, l'Amérique du Nord et l'Amérique du Sud, selon le point de vue. Translation: America is a continent or the sum of two continents, North and South America, depending on the viewpoint.
French=Continent
America (Italian) Le Americhe rappresentano l'area che include i due continenti dell'America settentrionale e dell'America meridionale, situati tra l'Oceano Pacifico e l'Oceano atlantico, tra il Circolo Polare Artico e il Circolo Polare Antartico, ed attraversati dal Tropico del Cancro, dall'Equatore e dal Tropico del Capricorno. Translation: America includes two continents, North and South America, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, from the Artic Polar Circle to the Antartic Polar Circle, crossing the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Italian=Continent
America (Portuguese). A América é um continente da Terra situado entre os oceanos Atlântico e Pacífico. Translation: America is a continent located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
Portuguese=Continent
America (German). Der amerikanische Doppelkontinent erstreckt sich in seiner Nord-Südachse vom 83. Translation: wtf?
German=Continent
America (Dutch). Amerika is een landmassa op het westelijk halfrond dat ten oosten van de Grote Oceaan en ten westen van de Atlantische Oceaan ligt. Translation: are you kiddin' me?
Dutch=Continent
America (Norwegian). Amerika er ein verdsdel som strekker seg nesten frå Sør- til Nordpolen. Translation: Cmon.
Norwegian=Continent
The Continents:
There are several ways of distinguishing the continents.
English: There are several ways of distinguishing the continents:
7 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia.
6 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia.
6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia.
4 continents: Antarctica, America, Africa-Eurasia, Australia.
La Tierra tiene 6: África, América, Antártida, Europa, Asia y Oceanía. Translation: The Earth has 6 continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Spanish: There are 6 continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Les systèmes de continents Translation: The Continental Systems.
French: There are several ways of distinguishing the continents:
7 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: Antarctica, America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania (They wiped Antarctica here).
4 continents: Antarctica, America, Africa-Eurasia, Oceania.
Alcuni sistemi di suddivisione delle terre emerse Translation: Some of the Earth Division Systems are...
Italian: There are several ways of distinguishing the continents:
7 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: Antarctica, America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: Antarctica, South America, Laurasia (Europe, Asia and North America), Africa, Oceania.
4 continents: Antarctica, America, Africa-Eurasia, Oceania.
Os seis continentes do globo terrestre: Translation: The six continents in Earth are: Antarctica, America (divided in North, Central and South America), Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
Portuguese: there are 6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
Vergleich der Größen und Einwohnerzahlen der Kontinente Translation: say again.
German: there are 7 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania.
Op aarde bevinden zich zeven continenten. Deze zijn in volgorde van grootte Translation: whatever.
Dutch: there are 7 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania.
Det er seks store kontinentalplater, som gjev fylgjande kontinent, frå det største til det minste Translation: of course.
Norwegian: there 6 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia.
Má deirtear go bhfuil seacht mór-ranna ann, seo é an liosta: Afraic, Áise, Antartaice, Astrláise, Eoraip, Meiriceá Theas, Meiriceá Thuaidh. Translation: CameronPoe please help us.
Irish: there are 7 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia.
Your opinion:
1) How do you call US or America (The country)?
2) How do you call America or The Americas (The continent)?
3) How many continents are there?
4) Is Central America a part of North America, or it's one of 3 divisions in America (The continent)?
5) How do you call the continent: Australia or Oceania?
Let's go with the America thing first:
America:
America (English). The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the US, the U.S.A., the USA, the U.S. of A., the States, and America, is a country in North America that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and shares land borders with Canada and Mexico.
English=Country
America (Spanish). América es un continente que se extiende en gran parte del Hemisferio Occidental de la Tierra. Translation: America is a continent occupying great part of the Occidental Hemisphere of the Earth.
Spanish=Continent
America (French). L'Amérique est un continent ou la réunion de deux continents, l'Amérique du Nord et l'Amérique du Sud, selon le point de vue. Translation: America is a continent or the sum of two continents, North and South America, depending on the viewpoint.
French=Continent
America (Italian) Le Americhe rappresentano l'area che include i due continenti dell'America settentrionale e dell'America meridionale, situati tra l'Oceano Pacifico e l'Oceano atlantico, tra il Circolo Polare Artico e il Circolo Polare Antartico, ed attraversati dal Tropico del Cancro, dall'Equatore e dal Tropico del Capricorno. Translation: America includes two continents, North and South America, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, from the Artic Polar Circle to the Antartic Polar Circle, crossing the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Italian=Continent
America (Portuguese). A América é um continente da Terra situado entre os oceanos Atlântico e Pacífico. Translation: America is a continent located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
Portuguese=Continent
America (German). Der amerikanische Doppelkontinent erstreckt sich in seiner Nord-Südachse vom 83. Translation: wtf?
German=Continent
America (Dutch). Amerika is een landmassa op het westelijk halfrond dat ten oosten van de Grote Oceaan en ten westen van de Atlantische Oceaan ligt. Translation: are you kiddin' me?
Dutch=Continent
America (Norwegian). Amerika er ein verdsdel som strekker seg nesten frå Sør- til Nordpolen. Translation: Cmon.
Norwegian=Continent
The Continents:
There are several ways of distinguishing the continents.
English: There are several ways of distinguishing the continents:
7 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia.
6 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia.
6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia.
4 continents: Antarctica, America, Africa-Eurasia, Australia.
La Tierra tiene 6: África, América, Antártida, Europa, Asia y Oceanía. Translation: The Earth has 6 continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Spanish: There are 6 continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Europe, Asia and Oceania.
Les systèmes de continents Translation: The Continental Systems.
French: There are several ways of distinguishing the continents:
7 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: Antarctica, America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania (They wiped Antarctica here).
4 continents: Antarctica, America, Africa-Eurasia, Oceania.
Alcuni sistemi di suddivisione delle terre emerse Translation: Some of the Earth Division Systems are...
Italian: There are several ways of distinguishing the continents:
7 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, South America, North America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: Antarctica, America, Eurasia, Africa, Oceania.
5 continents: Antarctica, South America, Laurasia (Europe, Asia and North America), Africa, Oceania.
4 continents: Antarctica, America, Africa-Eurasia, Oceania.
Os seis continentes do globo terrestre: Translation: The six continents in Earth are: Antarctica, America (divided in North, Central and South America), Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
Portuguese: there are 6 continents: Antarctica, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania.
Vergleich der Größen und Einwohnerzahlen der Kontinente Translation: say again.
German: there are 7 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania.
Op aarde bevinden zich zeven continenten. Deze zijn in volgorde van grootte Translation: whatever.
Dutch: there are 7 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia/Oceania.
Det er seks store kontinentalplater, som gjev fylgjande kontinent, frå det største til det minste Translation: of course.
Norwegian: there 6 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa, Australia.
Má deirtear go bhfuil seacht mór-ranna ann, seo é an liosta: Afraic, Áise, Antartaice, Astrláise, Eoraip, Meiriceá Theas, Meiriceá Thuaidh. Translation: CameronPoe please help us.
Irish: there are 7 continents: Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia.
Your opinion:
1) How do you call US or America (The country)?
2) How do you call America or The Americas (The continent)?
3) How many continents are there?
4) Is Central America a part of North America, or it's one of 3 divisions in America (The continent)?
5) How do you call the continent: Australia or Oceania?
Last edited by sergeriver (2006-12-08 07:39:32)