continente

Definitions of continente
  1. noun
    one of the large landmasses of the earth
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    Africa
    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
    Antartide
    an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
    Asia
    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
    Australia
    the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean
    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
  2. noun
    the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
    synonyms: terraferma
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    type of:
    secco, terra, terra emersa, terreno
    the solid part of the earth's surface
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