Other forms: continents
A continent is one of the seven great land masses of the earth. The African continent, cross the continent, on the continent.
How many there are depends on where you were taught, since some countries count five or six by joining Europe with Asia or the Americas together. In Britain, the Continent with a capital letter means mainland Europe.
1nouncontinentOne of the seven great land masses of the earth.
“Africa is the second largest continent in the world.”
continent is a landmass.
Latin continens means holding together, from continere, to contain.
Proto-Indo-European
*ten-
Latin
continens
English, today
continent
Built from
Borrowed from Latin continens, noun use of present participle of contineo (“to contain”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA