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The name 'Europe' possibly derives from the Phoenician word 'ereb' meaning 'sunset' or 'west,' though its exact etymology remains debated among scholars for over 2,500 years.
Africa originally referred only to the northern region around Carthage (modern Tunisia) and comes from the Afri tribe; the name wasn't applied to the entire continent until Roman expansion in the 1st century BCE.
The continents were named after Amerigo Vespucci in 1507 by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, who later regretted the decision and tried to change it to 'Terra Incognita,' but the name had already spread across 1,000 printed maps.
Asia likely comes from the Akkadian word 'asu' meaning 'to rise' or 'east,' first used by ancient Greeks to describe lands east of their empire around 440 BCE.
Australia derives from 'Terra Australis Incognita' (Unknown Southern Land), a hypothetical continent imagined by European geographers since the 2nd century CE, officially named by Matthew Flinders in 1814.
Antarctica wasn't officially named until 1890, making it the last continent to receive its formal name—derived from the Greek 'antarktikos' meaning 'opposite to the north.'
The number of continents varies by culture: Americans typically learn 7 continents, while Europeans often teach 6 (combining Europe and Asia into Eurasia), and some countries teach as few as 4.
Before continents separated 175 million years ago, the supercontinent Pangaea's name comes from Ancient Greek meaning 'all earth,' a term coined by German meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1912.
In 2017, scientists proposed Zealandia as Earth's 8th continent—a 1.89 million square mile landmass that is 94% submerged beneath the Pacific Ocean near New Zealand.
Medieval European maps often labeled continents with biblical references, believing they were divided among Noah's three sons, a naming convention that persisted on maps until the 17th century.
The five Olympic rings symbolize the five inhabited continents (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania), a design created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913 that deliberately excludes Antarctica.
Despite numerous political boundary changes, the seven modern continent names have remained remarkably stable for over 200 years, with only Antarctica being added to the list after 1820.
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