kontinents

 

 kontinents on Latvian Wikipedia

 

Via other European languages, ultimately from Latin continēns (accusative form continēntem), the present participle of the verb continēo (“to contain”) used as a noun.

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kontinents m (1st declension)

1. continent (large landmass, completely or almost completely surrounded by seas and oceans)

   Eiropas, Āzijas kontinents ― European, Asian continent

   Āfrikas, Amerikas kontinents ― African, American continent

   atklāt kontinentu ― to discover a continent

   vecais kontinents ― the old continent (i.e., Eurasia, sometimes Africa)

   melnais kontinents ― the black continent (i.e., Africa)

   kontinenta sēklis ― continental shelf

   pa visiem kontinentiem ― on all continents

• kontinentāls

• The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
  Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika

kontinents

1. indefinite genitive singular of kontinent