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In geography and cartography, a toponym is a place name, a geographical name, a proper name of locality, region, or some other part of Earths surface or its natural or artificial feature. ...
Color-coded regions of the world based on the seven commonly-recognised continents Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land masses with minimal distortion as nearly one continuous continent A continent is one of several large areas of land on Earth, which are identified by convention rather than any strict...
The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra --- "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) --- for the northern part of the continent, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia. The origin of Afer may be the Phoenician afar, dust; the Afridi tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage; Greek aphrike, without cold; or Latin aprica, sunny. A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
The Roman Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed. ...
Men from the Afridi tribe in battle Afridi (Urdu: Ø¢Ùریدی ) (Pashto: اپريدي ) is a Pashtun tribe. ...
Ruins of Roman-era Carthage For other uses, see Carthage (disambiguation). ...
Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
So-named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (who styled himself Americus Vespucius in Latin), who, following his four voyages to the Americas, first developed the idea that the newly discovered western lands were in fact a continent. In recognition thereof, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller named the new continent after the Italian explorer's first name. Amerigo Vespucci was named after Saint Americus of Hungary. (See also Naming of America.) World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere historically considered to consist of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ...
Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. ...
Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
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The Americas (sometimes referred to as America) is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. ...
A few alternative theories regarding the continent's naming have been proposed, but none of them have any widespread acceptance. One alternative first proposed by a Bristol antiquary and naturalist, Alfred Hudd, was that America is derived from Richard Amerike, a merchant from Bristol, England who is believed to have financed John Cabot's voyage of discovery to Newfoundland in 1497. Waldseemüller's maps appear to incorporate information from the early British journeys to North America. The theory holds that a variant of Amerike's name appeared on an early British map (of which however no copies survive) and that this was the true inspiration for Waldseemüller. (See more at Richard Amerike). Richard Amerike (Ameryk or ap Meryk) (c. ...
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One antique map shows the continent labelled "North America or Mexicana" and "South America or Peruana".
Originally from Greek antarktikos, from anti + arktikos "arctic". Literally "opposite the Arctic". Arktikos comes from Arktos, the Greek name for the constellation of the Great Bear Ursa Major, visible only in the Northern Hemisphere. This article is about the Great Bear constellation. ...
In early Classical times, the term "Asia" referred only to the small region known today as Anatolia (a part of Turkey). Eventually however, the name came to denote the much larger land area with which we associate it today. World map showing the location of Asia. ...
The etymology of Asia can only be guessed at. The strongest possibility is that it derives from a borrowed Semitic root "Asu", which means varyingly 'rising' or 'light', of course a directional referring to the sunrise, Asia thus meaning 'Eastern Land'. 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ...
The name Australia is derived from the Latin Australis, meaning of the South. Legends of an "unknown land of the south" (terra australis incognita) date back to the Roman times and were commonplace in mediaeval geography, but they were not based on any actual knowledge of the continent. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ...
Terra Australis is the large continent on the bottom of the map Terra Australis (also: Terra Australis Incognita, Latin for the unknown land of the South) was an imaginary continent, appearing on European maps from the 15th to the 18th century. ...
The term Europe referred once to only a small land area, roughly that part of Thrace (Trakya in Turkish) that is now part of Turkey. Through the centuries however, it came to denote the whole land mass with which we are familiar today. World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...
Thrace (Bulgarian: , Greek: , Latin: , Turkish: ) is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. ...
The name Europe derives from Europa, probably a compound meaning "broad-faced" (referring to the Earth), eurus (PIE *wer-, "broad") meaning "broad" and ōps (PIE *okw-, "eye") meaning "face". A less likely possibility is that it derives from the ancient Sumerian and Semitic root "Ereb", which carries the meaning of "darkness" or "descent", a reference to the region's western location in relation to Mesopotamia, the Levantine Coast, Anatolia, and the Bosporus. Thus the term would have meant the 'land of the setting of the Sun' or, more generically, 'Western land'. Europa and Zeus, on the Greek €2 coin A commemorative Italian euro coin depicts Europa holding a pen over the text of the Constitution of Europe. ...
In Greek mythology Europa was the beautiful daughter of a Phoenician king named Agenor, or Phoenix. As Zeus saw her, he transformed himself into a gentle white bull and approached her and her playing friends. She climbed onto the bull's back and it began so swim off to Crete, where she fell in love with the then-changed-back Zeus and had three sons with him (Minos, Rhadamanthus and Sarpedon, the first two of which constitute, together with Aeacus, the three judges of the underworld). This article needs cleanup. ...
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: DÃos), is...
In Greek mythology, Minos was a semi-legendary king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. ...
Rhadamanthus (also transliterated as Rhadamanthys or Rhadamanthos) in Greek mythology was a son of Zeus and Europa and brother of Minos, king of Crete and Sarpedon. ...
In Greek mythology, Sarpedon referred to several different people. ...
In Greek mythology, Aeacus (Greek: Aiakos, bewailing or earth borne) was king in the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. ...
Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with his bird-headed staff, on a red-figure Apulian vase made in the 4th century BC. For other uses, see Hades (disambiguation). ...
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Main article: list of country name etymologies Look up country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
This list covers English language country names with their etymologies. ...
India is a historic country with three main names. ...
Main article: List of subnational name etymologies A state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules that govern the people in one or more societies, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ...
Types of political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ...
A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...
This article provides a collection of the etymology of the names of subnational entities. ...
The study of place names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British place names, please refer to British toponymy. ...
This is a list of the origins of the names of counties of Romania. ...
Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom is a list of the origins of the names of counties of the United Kingdom. ...
Placenames in the German language area can be classified by the language from which they originate, and by their age. ...
The place names of the Maghreb come from a variety of origins, mostly Arabic and Berber, but including a few derived from Phoenician, Latin, and several other languages. ...
Many place names in Ireland in the English language are either anglicisations of those in the Irish language, or completely different, such as the name for the capital of the Republic of Ireland, which in English is Dublin, but in Irish is Baile Ãtha Cliath. ...
Bulgarian placename etymology is characterized by the linguistic and ethnic diversity of the Balkans through the ages and the position of the country in the centre of the region. ...
Main article: List of street name etymologies A city-centre street in Frankfurt, Germany A residential street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA A street is a public thoroughfare in the built environment. ...
Main articles: List of river name etymologies, List of sea name etymologies Hydrography focuses on the measurement of physical characteristics of waters and marginal land. ...
Sea as seen from jetty in Frankston, Australia Look up maritime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park A river is a large natural waterway. ...
// Asia Chang Jiang (Yangtze): Chinese long river Dongjiang: Chinese east river Huang He: Chinese yellow river Sefid-rud: Persian: White river Aravand-rud: Persian: Fast river. Europe Avon: Brythonic meaning river Cam: Brythonic meaning crooked Clwyd: Welsh meaning hurdle Danube: Latin Danuvius, from Iranian (Scythian or Sarmatian) dÄnu- river...
See also Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings. ...
This is a list of etymological lists. ...
Not to be confused with Entomology, the study of insects. ...
Onomastics (Onomatology) is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. ...
For other senses of this word, see name (disambiguation). ...
The following is a list of placenames that prominently feature the names of two or more constituent geopolitical entities. ...
The following is a list of placenames that contain the word new: New Amsterdam New Belgium New Britain New Brunswick (Brunswick) New Caledonia New Columbia (proposed) New Delhi New England New Extremadura New France New Galicia New Georgia New Goa New Granada New Guinea New Hampshire New Hebrides New Holland...
External links - Map of Selected Placename Etymologies in the Americas, from www.radicalcartography.net
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