Imephu ebonisa amazwekazi:
North America
South America
Antarctica
Africa
Europe
Asia
OceaniaIlizwekazi yindawo enkulu yomhlaba edibeneyo aphaemhlabeni. kuyavunyelwana okokuba asixhenxe amazwekazi: yi-Africa, yi-Antarctica, yi-Asia, yiYurophu, yiNorth America, yi-Australasia okanyei-Oceania,[1] kunye neSouth America.[2][3]
Ilizwekazi yindawo enkuluyomhlaba aphaemhlabeni eqokoleleneyo yaba yinto enye. ngokwesithethe kwavunyelwana okokuba asixhenxe amazwekazi:yi-Africa,yi-Antarctica,yi-Asia,yiYurohu,Ngumntla Melika,yi-Australasia okanyeyi-Oceania,[4] andSouth America.[2][5]
Babakho abathi iAustralia yenye yamazwekazi asixhenxe.[6] abanye bathi iAustralia yinxalenye ye-Oceania.i-Oceania yingingqi ebandakanya ii-Australia,iNew Zealand kunye nePacific Islands.[7] Eyesithathu indlela indlela ligama elithiAustralasia, lona liquka onke amazwe ubuncinane kwilizwekazi eAustralian. Oku kuquka isiqithi sase saseNew Guinea,eTasmania, eNew Zealand kunye neqela leziqithana. Lingakwicala langasemntla-mpuma weWallace Line, linomahluko omkhulu kunobo baseAsia.
- "Iquka zonke iziqithi zeMalay Archipelago... kunye namaqela ngamaqela eziqithi kwiPacific. eli gama belisoloko lisetyenziswa kwiintsingiselo ezahlukeneyo".[8]
Umntla Melika kunye nomZantsi Melika ngamazwekazi asoloko echazwa ngelithi ngama "NgamaAmerika". Oku kunika ithuba lokubandakanya imelika esembindini kunye neziqithi zeCaribbean. Ngaphaya koko iMelika ekumbindi Melika ibalwa nje ngelinye ilizwekazi laseMntla Melika.
- ↑Either are accepted terms
- ↑2.02.1Continent (2009). InEncyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
- ↑"Continents: What is a Continent?"National Geographic retrieved 2009-08-22 "Uninzi lwabantu lona lwazi amazwekazi asixhenxe iAsia, iAfrica, iNorth America, iSouth America, iAntarctica, iEurope, kunye neAustralia, ukusuka kwelona likhulu ukuya kwelona lincinane—nangona maxa wambi iEurope neAsia zisaziwa njengelizwekazi elinye, iEurasia."
- ↑Either are accepted terms
- ↑"Continents: What is a Continent?"National Geographic retrieved 2009-08-22 "La mazwekazi asixhenxe ngawona mazwekazi aziwayo ngabantu abaninzi; —iAsia, iAfrica, UmNtla Melika, Umzantsi Melika, iAntarctica, iYurophu, kunye neAustralia, ukusuka kwelona lakhe lalikhulu ukuya kwelona lincinane.—maxa wambi iyurophu neAsia ngamazwekazi athathwa njengelizwekazi elinye, iEurasia."
- ↑"World fact book - Australia" archived fromthe original on 2015-07-03 retrieved 2015-02-26
- ↑Worldatlas.com - Australia
- ↑Wallace, Alfred Russel 1893.Australasia, vol 1. London: Stanford. Chapter 1: Definition.
