Names of continents in languages spoken in those continents. You can click on the language names to find out more about them.
Antarctica, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
See the writing systems used on each of these continents.
There are no languages or people indigenous to Antarctica, however a number of countries have set up year-round research stations there and seven have made territorial claims, though not all countries recognize these claims.
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Antarctica | Dutch, English |
| Antarktis | German |
| Sydpolen / Antarktis Dronning Maud-land |
Norwegian (Queen Maud's Land - name of the territory claimed by Norway) |
| Antártida | Spanish |
| L'Antarctique | French |
| Antártica/Antárctida | Portuguese |
| Antartide | Italian |
| Антарктида (Antarktida) | Russian |
| 南極洲 [南极洲] (nánjízhōu) | Chinese (Mandarin) |
| 南極大陸 (nankyokutairiku) | Japanese |
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| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Afirika | Yoruba |
| Afirka | Hausa |
| Aforika | Tswana |
| Africa | English, Chichewa, Igbo, Italian |
| Afrika | Afrikaans, German, Hausa, Igbo, Malagasy, Ndebele, Northern Sotho (Sepedi), Somali, Southern Sotho, Swahili, Swazi, Tsonga, Twi |
| África | Portuguese, Spanish |
| አፍሪቃ (Äfriqa) | Amharic, Tigrinya |
| Afriki | Bambara |
| L'Afrique | French |
| Ⲁⲫⲣⲩⲕⲓⲁ̀ (Aḟrykià) | Coptic |
| Afurika | Venda, Kinyarwanda |
| إِفْرِيقِيَا (Ifrīqiyā) | Arabic |
| iAfrika | Xhosa, Zulu |
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| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| ஆசியா (āciyā) | Tamil |
| アジア (ajia) | Japanese |
| အာရှ (aarsh) | Myanmar |
| ഏഷ്യ (ashya) | Malayalam |
| ອາຊີ (asi) | Lao |
| Asia | English, Hmong, Ilocano, Indonesian, Javanese, Malay, Spanish, Sundanese |
| (asia) אַסְיָה | Hebrew |
| Ásia | Portuguese |
| L'Asie | French |
| Asien | German |
| এছিয়া (Ashiyā) | Assamese |
| ఆసియా (Āsiyā) | Telugu |
| आशिया खंडांत (Āśiyā khaṅḍāṅt) | Konkani |
| आशिया (Āśiyā) | Hindi, Marathi |
| Asiya | Azerbaijani |
| ආසියාව (āsiyāva) | Sinhala |
| Asya | Cebuano, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Tagalog, Turkish |
| 아시아 (Asia) | Korean |
| เอเซีย (ay-see-a) | Thai |
| Ази (Azi) | Mongolian |
| Азия (Azija) | Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tatar |
| danh từ (名詞) | Vietnamese |
| ايشيا | Urdu |
| قارهء اسيا | Farsi |
| ਏਸ਼ੀਆ (ēśī'ā) | Punjabi |
| এশিয়া (ēśiẏā) | Bengali |
| एशिया (eśiyā) | Dogri, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali |
| એશિયા (eśiyā) | Gujarati |
| ଏସିଆ (esiyā) | Odia |
| ಏಷ್ಯಾ (ēṣyā) | Kannada |
| (eyshiaa eve) އޭޝިއާ އެވެ | Maldivian (Dhivehi) |
| Осиё (Osijo) | Tajik |
| Osiyo | Uzek |
| เอเชีย (xecheīy) | Thai |
| 亞洲 [亚洲] (Yàzhōu) | Chinese (Mandarin) |
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| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| 'Amelika-'Akau | Hawaiian |
| América del Norte / Norteamérica | Spanish |
| América do Norte | Portuguese |
| ᐊᒥᐊᕆᑲ ᑐᓄᕕᐊᖅ (aamiaarika tunuviaaq) |
Inuktitut |
| Ixachitlān Mictlāmpa | Nahuatl |
| L'Amérique du Nord | French |
| Nordamerika | German |
| North America | English |
| ᏧᏴᏢ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ (tsuyvtlv amayetli) |
Cherokee |
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| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| Oceania | English |
| Oceanía | Spanish |
| Oceânia | Portuguese |
| Océanie | French |
| Ozeanien | German |
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| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| América del Sur / Suramérica | Spanish |
| América do Sul | Portuguese |
| L'Amérique du Sud | French |
| Ñembyamérika | Guarani |
| South America | English |
| Südamerika | German |
| Urin Awya Yala | Quechua |
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Continent names in many languages
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