Continent names in local languages

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.


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

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Africa

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

Countries of Africa

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Asia

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)

Countries of Asia

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Europe

Name Language
An Eoraip Irish (Gaelic)
An Roinn Eòrpa Scottish Gaelic
Avropa Azeri, Crimean Tatar
Avrupa Turkish
Eiropa Bavarian
Eiropā Latvian
Eoropa Venetian
Eropa Franco-Provençal
Eurohpá North Sámi
Europa Aragonese, Aromanian, Asturian, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Corsican, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Friulian, Galician, German, Italian, Latin, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Romany, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Sicilian, Sorbian, Spanish, Swedish
Eùropa Kashubian
Európa Hungarian, Slovak
Euròpa Occitan
Єѵрѡпа (Eūrōpa) Church Slavonic
Europą Lithuanian
Euroopa Estonian, North Frisian
Eurooppa Finnish
Europe Croatian, English, Scots
Euruopa Samogitian
Evrop Veps
Evropa Albanian, Czech, Faroese, Slovenian
Европа (Evropa) Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian
(Evropa) איברופה Ladino
Evropë Albanian
Evrópa Icelandic
Ewrop Welsh
Ewropa Maltese
Еўропа (Ewropa) Belarusian
Ευρώπη (Eyrṓpī) Greek
Jeropa West Frisian
L'Europe French
Õuruupa Võro
Uropa Extremaduran
Urope Picard, Walloon
Ûrope Norman
Yn Oarpey / Yn Europey Manx (Gaelic)

Countries of Europe

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North America

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

Countries of North America

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Oceania

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

Countries of Oceania

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South America

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

Countries of South America

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