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| Continents
A continent is one of the world's main continuous pieces of land. (The word continent comes from the Latin terra continens, meaning "continuous land".)Unfortunately, even the experts cannot agree on how many continents there are:
- 7 Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- 6 Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Eurasia, North America, Oceania, South America
- 6 Continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania
- 5 Continents: Africa, America, Antarctica, Eurasia, Oceania
- 4 Continents: Eurafrasia, America, Antarctica, Oceania
Curiously, we have a word for somebody who comes from Mars (a Martian), but we have no word for somebody who comes from Antarctica.This chart lists what is probably the most widely-accepted number of continents (7), and shows the associated adjective and the noun used for a person from each continent:Continent | Adjective | Person | Africa | African | an African | Antarctica | Antarctic | - | Asia | Asian | an Asian | Europe | European | a European | North America | North American | a North American | Oceania | Oceanian | an Oceanian | South America | South American | a South American | "Continent" is a geographical term, not political.Countries
A country is a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory or piece of land. For example, China, France, Iraq and Japan are all countries."Country" is a political term, not geographical. In theory, all countries are sovereign, meaning that they are independent and decide their own laws (though they may sometimes surrender or modify certain rights by treaty).The noun for a country's language usually comes from the adjective for that country, for example:
- He speaks Polish.
- Is French difficult?
In English, all words (nouns and adjectives) relating to countries or nationalities begin with a capital letter, for example:
- France (not france)
- French (not french)
- a Frenchman (not a frenchman)
Countries & Nationality
This chart lists many of the countries or nations in the world, with the following information:
- Name of country
- Adjective used for that country (also describes nationality)
- Noun used for a person from that country
Look at these example sentences:She comes from France. She is French. Her nationality is French. She is a Frenchwoman. She drives a French car. She speaks French.
Country | Adjective | Person | Afghanistan | Afghan | an Afghan | Albania | Albanian | an Albanian | Algeria | Algerian | an Algerian | Andorra | Andorran | an Andorran | Angola | Angolan | an Angolan | Argentina | Argentinian | an Argentinian | Armenia | Armenian | an Armenian | Australia | Australian | an Australian | Austria | Austrian | an Austrian | Azerbaijan | Azerbaijani | an Azerbaijani | Bahamas | Bahamian | a Bahamian | Bahrain | Bahraini | a Bahraini | Bangladesh | Bangladeshi | a Bangladeshi | Barbados | Barbadian | a Barbadian | Belarus | Belarusian or Belarusan | a Belarusian or a Belarusan | Belgium | Belgian | a Belgian | Belize | Belizian | a Belizian | Benin | Beninese | a Beninese | Bhutan | Bhutanese | a Bhutanese | Bolivia | Bolivian | a Bolivian | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Bosnian | a Bosnian | Botswana | Botswanan | a Tswana | Brazil | Brazilian | a Brazilian | Britain | British | a Briton | Brunei | Bruneian | a Bruneian | Bulgaria | Bulgarian | a Bulgarian | Burkina | Burkinese | a Burkinese | Burma (official name Myanmar) | Burmese | a Burmese | Burundi | Burundian | a Burundian | Cambodia | Cambodian | a Cambodian | Cameroon | Cameroonian | a Cameroonian | Canada | Canadian | a Canadian | Cape Verde Islands | Cape Verdean | a Cape Verdean | Chad | Chadian | a Chadian | Chile | Chilean | a Chilean | China | Chinese | a Chinese | Colombia | Colombian | a Colombian | Congo | Congolese | a Congolese | Costa Rica | Costa Rican | a Costa Rican | Croatia | Croat or Croatian | a Croat or a Croatian | Cuba | Cuban | a Cuban | Cyprus | Cypriot | a Cypriot | Czech Republic | Czech | a Czech | Denmark | Danish | a Dane | Djibouti | Djiboutian | a Djiboutian | Dominica | Dominican | a Dominican | Dominican Republic | Dominican | a Dominican | Ecuador | Ecuadorean | an Ecuadorean | Egypt | Egyptian | an Egyptian | El Salvador | Salvadorean | a Salvadorean | England | English | an Englishman, an Englishwoman | Eritrea | Eritrean | an Eritrean | Estonia | Estonian | an Estonian | Ethiopia | Ethiopian | an Ethiopian | Fiji | Fijian | a Fijian | Finland | Finnish | a Finn | France | French | a Frenchman, a Frenchwoman | Gabon | Gabonese | a Gabonese | Gambia, the | Gambian | a Gambian | Georgia | Georgian | a Georgian | Germany | German | a German | Ghana | Ghanaian | a Ghanaian | Greece | Greek | a Greek | Grenada | Grenadian | a Grenadian | Guatemala | Guatemalan | a Guatemalan | Guinea | Guinean | a Guinean | Guyana | Guyanese | a Guyanese | Haiti | Haitian | a Haitian | Holland (also Netherlands) | Dutch | a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman | Honduras | Honduran | a Honduran | Hungary | Hungarian | a Hungarian | Iceland | Icelandic | an Icelander | India | Indian | an Indian | Indonesia | Indonesian | an Indonesian | Iran | Iranian | an Iranian | Iraq | Iraqi | an Iraqi | Ireland, Republic of | Irish | an Irishman, an Irishwoman | Israel | Israeli | an Israeli | Italy | Italian | an Italian | Jamaica | Jamaican | a Jamaican | Japan | Japanese | a Japanese | Jordan | Jordanian | a Jordanian | Kazakhstan | Kazakh | a Kazakh | Kenya | Kenyan | a Kenyan | Korea see North Korea, South Korea |
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| Kuwait | Kuwaiti | a Kuwaiti | Laos | Laotian | a Laotian | Latvia | Latvian | a Latvian | Lebanon | Lebanese | a Lebanese | Liberia | Liberian | a Liberian | Libya | Libyan | a Libyan | Liechtenstein | - | a Liechtensteiner | Lithuania | Lithuanian | a Lithuanian | Luxembourg | - | a Luxembourger | Macedonia | Macedonian | a Macedonian | Madagascar | Malagasy or Madagascan | a Malagasy or a Madagascan | Malawi | Malawian | a Malawian | Malaysia | Malaysian | a Malaysian | Maldives | Maldivian | a Maldivian | Mali | Malian | a Malian | Malta | Maltese | a Maltese | Mauritania | Mauritanian | a Mauritanian | Mauritius | Mauritian | a Mauritian | Mexico | Mexican | a Mexican | Moldova | Moldovan | a Moldovan | Monaco | Monégasque or Monacan | a Monégasque or a Monacan | Mongolia | Mongolian | a Mongolian | Montenegro | Montenegrin | a Montenegrin | Morocco | Moroccan | a Moroccan | Mozambique | Mozambican | a Mozambican | Myanmar see Burma | - | - | Namibia | Namibian | a Namibian | Nepal | Nepalese | a Nepalese | Netherlands, the (see Holland) | Dutch | a Dutchman, a Dutchwoman, or a Netherlander | New Zealand | New Zealand (used attributively only, as in New Zealand butter but not He is New Zealand) | a New Zealander | Nicaragua | Nicaraguan | a Nicaraguan | Niger | Nigerien | a Nigerien | Nigeria | Nigerian | a Nigerian | North Korea | North Korean | a North Korean | Norway | Norwegian | a Norwegian | Oman | Omani | an Omani | Pakistan | Pakistani | a Pakistani | Panama | Panamanian | a Panamanian | Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinean or Guinean | a Papua New Guinean or a Guinean | Paraguay | Paraguayan | a Paraguayan | Peru | Peruvian | a Peruvian | the Philippines | Philippine | a Filipino | Poland | Polish | a Pole | Portugal | Portuguese | a Portuguese | Qatar | Qatari | a Qatari | Romania | Romanian | a Romanian | Russia | Russian | a Russian | Rwanda | Rwandan | a Rwandan | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabian or Saudi | a Saudi Arabian or a Saudi | Scotland | Scottish | a Scot | Senegal | Senegalese | a Senegalese | Serbia | Serb or Serbian | a Serb or a Serbian | Seychelles, the | Seychellois | a Seychellois | Sierra Leone | Sierra Leonian | a Sierra Leonian | Singapore | Singaporean | a Singaporean | Slovakia | Slovak | a Slovak | Slovenia | Slovene or Slovenian | a Slovene or a Slovenian | Solomon Islands | - | a Solomon Islander | Somalia | Somali | a Somali | South Africa | South African | a South African | South Korea | South Korean | a South Korean | Spain | Spanish | a Spaniard | Sri Lanka | Sri Lankan | a Sri Lankan | Sudan | Sudanese | a Sudanese | Suriname | Surinamese | a Surinamer or a Surinamese | Swaziland | Swazi | a Swazi | Sweden | Swedish | a Swede | Switzerland | Swiss | a Swiss | Syria | Syrian | a Syrian | Taiwan | Taiwanese | a Taiwanese | Tajikistan | Tajik or Tadjik | a Tajik or a Tadjik | Tanzania | Tanzanian | a Tanzanian | Thailand | Thai | a Thai | Togo | Togolese | a Togolese | Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidadian Tobagan/Tobagonian | a Trinidadian a Tobagan/Tobagonian | Tunisia | Tunisian | a Tunisian | Turkey | Turkish | a Turk | Turkmenistan | Turkmen or Turkoman | a Turkmen or a Turkoman | Tuvali | Tuvaluan | a Tuvaluan | Uganda | Ugandan | a Ugandan | Ukraine | Ukrainian | a Ukrainian | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | UAE or Emirates (used attributively only, as in UAE buildings, Emirates holidays but not He is UAE, I am Emirates) or Emirati | an Emirati | United Kingdom (UK) | UK (used attributively only, as in UK time but not He is UK) or British | a Briton | United States of America (USA) | US (used attributively only, as in US aggression but not He is US) | a US citizen | Uruguay | Uruguayan | a Uruguayan | Uzbekistan | Uzbek | an Uzbek | Vanuata | Vanuatuan | a Vanuatuan | Vatican City | - | - | Venezuela | Venezuelan | a Venezuelan | Vietnam | Vietnamese | a Vietnamese | Wales | Welsh | a Welshman, a Welshwoman | Western Samoa | Western Samoan | a Western Samoan | Yemen | Yemeni | a Yemeni | Yugoslavia | Yugoslav | a Yugoslav | Zaire | Zaïrean | a Zaïrean | Zambia | Zambian | a Zambian | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwean | a Zimbabwean |
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