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".) [показать]

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

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: