Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

Tristan wrote:
>I was taught that there were between 6 and 7: Europe, Asia, North and
>South America, Africa and Antarctica were always there, Australia was
>sometimes called a really huge iland, normally a continent, and some
>strange name that I only heard once or twice in grade 3
You're likely thinking of "Oceania". Oceania is usually taken to include
Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, but
there may be variations (Hawaii is sometimes considered part of North
America instead, and the border against Asia may be drawn practically
anywhere between New Guinea and Java-Borneo).

                                                       Andreas
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