Erdteil

Definitions of Erdteil
  1. noun
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
    synonyms: Kontinent
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    Afrika
    the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
    Asien
    the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
    Australien
    the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
    Eurasien
    the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia
    Europa
    the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
    Nordamerika
    a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
    Südamerika
    a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
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