Why didn't anyone warn me!?muse@kbin.social to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 540 points – 6 months ago22Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentBecause it’s both a continent and a country.Holy shit I had to google that. My confusion was caused by the fact in Portuguese (at least in Brazil) this same continent is called Oceania. I just discovered a new Continent. Edit: Seems only the English world use Australia as continent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceaniaAhh... I've heard of Oceania as a region, I didn't realize it could refer to a continent!
Because it’s both a continent and a country.Holy shit I had to google that. My confusion was caused by the fact in Portuguese (at least in Brazil) this same continent is called Oceania. I just discovered a new Continent. Edit: Seems only the English world use Australia as continent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceaniaAhh... I've heard of Oceania as a region, I didn't realize it could refer to a continent!
Holy shit I had to google that. My confusion was caused by the fact in Portuguese (at least in Brazil) this same continent is called Oceania. I just discovered a new Continent. Edit: Seems only the English world use Australia as continent https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceaniaAhh... I've heard of Oceania as a region, I didn't realize it could refer to a continent!
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Because it’s both a continent and a country.
Holy shit I had to google that. My confusion was caused by the fact in Portuguese (at least in Brazil) this same continent is called Oceania. I just discovered a new Continent.
Edit: Seems only the English world use Australia as continent
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania
Ahh... I've heard of Oceania as a region, I didn't realize it could refer to a continent!