Odd Meandenring Thyme

femmejenn  joked earlier that if I move (back) to Europe for a while upon my return I would find out that Turtle Island swam away to smite me. The play on the 1st Nations name for this continent lead to a discussion on the origins of continental names. However, I quickly realised I didn't know the etymology of all the continental names (heck, I don't even know all the different names for the continents). Here's what a horrificly shady research tells me:

( toponomy and continent )

( America is named after Amerigo who was named after Saint Emeric of Hungary )

( turtle island )

Arctic come from the word "Arktikos" which comes from Arktos, the Greek name for the constellation of the Great Bear Ursa Major, visible only in the Northern Hemisphere.

Antartica got it's name from the Greek word "antarktikos". The word antarktikos, is a combination of the Greek words "anti" and "arktikos", which means "opposite the Arctic".

The word Australia is derived from the Latin word "Australis", meaning of the South.

( Europe & Asia )

( Africa )

I have evidently just finished eaten something past its due date. My digestive system would like to know if it would be innapropriate cultural appropriation to request Hara Kiri. Doing a little more research on that, evidently it would be. Rather unfortunate at the moment.