Continent names in local languages

Antarctica, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Antarctica

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

Africa

Name Language
Aforika Tswana
Africa English, Italian
Afrika Afrikaans, German, Hausa, Igbo, Malagasy, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Somali, Southern Sotho, Swahili, Swazi, Tsonga
África Portuguese, Spanish
አፍሪቃ (Äfriqa) Amharic, Tigrinya
Afriki Bambara
L'Afrique French
Ⲁⲫⲣⲩⲕⲓⲁ̀ (Aḟrykià) Coptic
Afurika Venda
إِفْرِيقِيَا (Ifrīqiyā) Arabic
iAfrika Xhosa, Zulu

Countries of Africa

Asia

Name Language
danh từ Vietnamese
アジア (Ajia) Japanese
Asia English, Spanish
Ásia Portuguese
L'Asie French
Asien German
आशिया (Āśiyā) Hindi, Marathi
Asya Cebuano, Tagalog
아시아 (Asia) Korean
เอเซีย (ay-see-a) Thai
Ази (Azi) Mongolian
Азия (Azija) Russian
ايشيا Urdu
قارهء اسيا Farsi
亞洲 [亚洲] (Yàzhōu) Chinese (Mandarin)

Countries of Asia

Europe

Name Language
Avropa Azeri
Avrupa Turkish
Eiropā Latvian
An Eoraip Gaelic (Irish)
Europa Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Galician, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansch, Spanish, Swedish
Európa Hungarian, Slovak
Europą Lithuanian
Euroopa Estonian
Eurooppa Finnish
Europe English, Croatian
L'Europe French
Evropa Czech, Slovenian
Европа (Evropa) Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian
Evropë Albanian
Evrópu Icelandic
Ewropa Maltese
Ewrop Welsh
Ευρώπη (Eyrṓpī) Greek
An Roinn Eòrpa Gaelic (Scottish)

Countries of Europe

North America

Name Language
'Amelika-'Akau Hawaiian
América del Norte Norteamérica Spanish
América do Norte Portuguese
L'Amérique du Nord French
Nordamerika German
North America English

Countries of North America

Oceania

Name Language
Oceania English
Oceanía Spanish
Oceânia Portuguese
Océanie French
Ozeanien German

Countries of Oceania

South America

Name Language
América del Sur Suramérica Spanish
América do Sul Portuguese
L'Amérique du Sud French
South America English
Südamerika German

Countries of South America

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