Continent

See also: continent and continnent

English

Proper noun

the Continent

  1. (obsolete) The Old World.
    Peter Heylin, 1652, Cosmographie, "the whole Continent of Europe, Asia, Africa."
  2. Mainland Europe, as seen from the British Isles.

Noun

Continent (plural Continents)

  1. An Encratite.

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