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What (who) is Continent - definition


continent         
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  • island countries]]: these states are often grouped geographically with a neighbouring continental landmass
  • Reconstruction of the supercontinent [[Pangaea]] approximately 200 million years ago.
  • Principal tectonic plates of the continents and the floor of the oceans
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  • The Ancient Greek geographer [[Strabo]] holding a globe showing ''Europa'' and ''Asia''
  • Ham]]).
  • ''Hollandia Nova'', 1659 map prepared by [[Joan Blaeu]] based on voyages by [[Abel Tasman]] and [[Willem Jansz]], this image shows a French edition of 1663
  • ''Universalis Cosmographia'', Waldseemüller's 1507 world map—the first to show the Americas separate from Asia
  • [[Zealandia]], the largest submerged landmass or continent
LARGE LANDMASS IDENTIFIED BY CONVENTION
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n. on a continent
continent         
  • left
  • island countries]]: these states are often grouped geographically with a neighbouring continental landmass
  • Reconstruction of the supercontinent [[Pangaea]] approximately 200 million years ago.
  • Principal tectonic plates of the continents and the floor of the oceans
  • 600px
  • The Ancient Greek geographer [[Strabo]] holding a globe showing ''Europa'' and ''Asia''
  • Ham]]).
  • ''Hollandia Nova'', 1659 map prepared by [[Joan Blaeu]] based on voyages by [[Abel Tasman]] and [[Willem Jansz]], this image shows a French edition of 1663
  • ''Universalis Cosmographia'', Waldseemüller's 1507 world map—the first to show the Americas separate from Asia
  • [[Zealandia]], the largest submerged landmass or continent
LARGE LANDMASS IDENTIFIED BY CONVENTION
Continents; Subcontinent; Continant; Sub-continent; Continental Landform; Subcontinents; List of continents; Continental landform; Five continents; Six continents; Continants; List of Continents; List of continents by area; 7 continents; Seven Continents; Seven continents; 5 continents; 6 continents; Five major continents; Continental landmass; Earth's continents; Continents of Earth
I. a.
1.
Chaste, temperate in sexual passion, free from lust.
2.
Temperate (in general), moderate, self-commanding, self-controlled, restrained.
II. n.
Mainland, great tract of land.
Continent         
  • left
  • island countries]]: these states are often grouped geographically with a neighbouring continental landmass
  • Reconstruction of the supercontinent [[Pangaea]] approximately 200 million years ago.
  • Principal tectonic plates of the continents and the floor of the oceans
  • 600px
  • The Ancient Greek geographer [[Strabo]] holding a globe showing ''Europa'' and ''Asia''
  • Ham]]).
  • ''Hollandia Nova'', 1659 map prepared by [[Joan Blaeu]] based on voyages by [[Abel Tasman]] and [[Willem Jansz]], this image shows a French edition of 1663
  • ''Universalis Cosmographia'', Waldseemüller's 1507 world map—the first to show the Americas separate from Asia
  • [[Zealandia]], the largest submerged landmass or continent
LARGE LANDMASS IDENTIFIED BY CONVENTION
Continents; Subcontinent; Continant; Sub-continent; Continental Landform; Subcontinents; List of continents; Continental landform; Five continents; Six continents; Continants; List of Continents; List of continents by area; 7 continents; Seven Continents; Seven continents; 5 continents; 6 continents; Five major continents; Continental landmass; Earth's continents; Continents of Earth
·adj That which contains anything; a receptacle.
II. Continent ·adj Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
III. Continent ·adj Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.
IV. Continent ·adj Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.
V. Continent ·adj Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; ·esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.
VI. Continent ·adj One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.

Wikipedia

Continent
A continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents.
Examples of use of Continent
1. But Mbeki said÷ "It‘s critically important that the African continent should deal with these conflict situations on the continent.
2. It‘s the world‘s smallest continent." Good start.
3. Currently, the continent is experiencing a renaissance.
4. Blair‘s passion for the continent is multilayered.
5. "Those who accuse us of being a threat to the continent are precisely the ones that have always been a threat to our continent and the world.