EUROPE
Traditionally the origin of the name Europe is associated with a mythological character.
Indeed, Europe (Ευρώπη in Greek) was the daughter of Agenor and Telephassa,
sister of Cadmus a Phoenician
princess.
AFRICA
The origin of the name
"Africa" is also unclear.
The word may come from the Greek composed of a =
no and rhrigos
= cold, ie "without
cold." Another possibility is the word "aphros" which in Greek
means "foam". It is
possible that the etymology of Africa
is something like "where the
foaming sea."
ASIA
The
word "Asia"
comes from the Greek 'Ασία "and
is attributed to Herodotus to refer to Anatolia and
then for the medical wars to refer to the lands of the Persian empire.
AMERICA
Of
all the continents, the origin of the name America is the best known, named after Amerigo Vespucci. Though it was Christopher Columbus who discovered America, it was not Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine origin a
boater who realized that actually this land
to a new continent corresponded.
OCEANIA
Its
origin comes from the word "Oceania"
from Greek mythology. Oceania (Oceanidas and Oceanides)
refers to protective nymphs of the
streams, springs ... and had the meaning of "daughters
of Ocean".
ANTARTIDA
The origin of the name
"Antarctica" has its origin in
the Greek word αρκτικως ("arktikos"), which translates as
"the bear" in reference to the
Polar Bear pointing
the North Pole. The opposite of this ανταρκτικως word
("antarktikos"), meaning
"opposite to the bear"
will name this continete.
