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by jpitz 1956 days ago
"America" isn't a continent.
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treesprite82 1956 days ago
America can be a continent. Definitions vary so sometimes it's split into "North America"/"South America", or pluralized "Americas".

TZ database includes "America/Santiago" and "America/Sao_Paulo" so clearly it means the continent and not just the US.

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jpitz 1956 days ago
"The seven-continent model is usually taught in most English-speaking countries including the United States, United Kingdom[38] and Australia,[39] and also in China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and parts of Western Europe."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

Definitions do indeed vary, but that's how I learned it, and it would even seem to be the model most often taught.

Which way were you taught?

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