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Who counts them as one continent? That seems hard to argue geographically. I don't think a land bridge prevents them from being continents.
by mmooss 2y ago
Who counts them as one continent? That seems hard to argue geographically. I don't think a land bridge prevents them from being continents.
- crazygringo 2y ago> The six-continent combined-America model is taught in Greece and many Romance-speaking countries—including Latin America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent?wprov=sfti1#Number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent?wprov=sfti1#Number All English-speaking countries count them as two continents though. And in English, it's conventionally "the Americas" even if you believe it's a single continent. Kind of like, we call it the Bahamas, not Bahama, even though it's one country. It's linguistic, not conceptual.
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- mmooss 2y agoVery interesting. I can't check the Greek-language citations; I'd love to hear from someone who has lived or gone to school in one of those countries.