User blog comment:TacoCopper/The Outside Contienent/@comment-4727448-20120424010309/@comment-4612798-20120424083743

Nah, its no all our fault!

'-ica' means land in Latin. Ok I'll take the collective blame for this one.

'Asia' - is a bit mysterious but might be an Akkadian word to do with the sun/east. So its probably an Asian word.

'Africa' - from the Carthaginian/Phoenican 'dust' or 'caves'. (So I guess we can blame this one on Asia too)

'Europe' - from the Phoenician princess Europa kidnapped by Zeus and brought to the Minoan civilisation i.e. from Asia to Europe. I'm tempted to say this is an Asian word too.

'America' - from either Amerigo Vespucci or Richard Americk. European which ever way you see it - fair enough.

'Antarctica' - as in the opposite of Arctic (Greek for near the bear (Ursa Major)). European.

'Australia' - as in Greek for southern. European.