Australia: Country or Continent?
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Published 2014-09-11
This video looks at the double meaning of 'Australia' in the English language. As well as explaining the terminology of Oceania. A geographic region in English, but a continent in other languages.
I explain the difference between Australia, Australasia, and Oceania. Terms which are sometimes used interchangeably but which actually have different meaning (albeit not always clearly defined)
MUSIC:
Hammock Fight by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/)
All Comments (21)
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I'm Australian and I don't like the term 'Australasia' because neither Australia nor New Zealand are a part of Asia. At school, I was always taught that Australia was the country and Oceania was the continent, I tend to agree with this.
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Next Madagascar movie or country
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I'm from Britain and I've always been taught that the continent is called Oceania
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In Mexico I was taught that Oceania is a continent and Australia is a country located in Oceania.
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We should just classify oceania as a continent.
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My school says there is no such thing a continent called australia. Its called Oceania
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Comment Section: 99% saying Oceania is Continent, and Australia is Country 1% FrictionP: okay..? who the fuck cares
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I live in Australia and I have never heard of Australasia. Australia isn't a continent but a country. Oceania is a continent that Australia is part of!!
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Lets just call it Oceania
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In my language Australia is just the country the continent is called Oceania
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I'm Spanish and I've always referred to the continent as Oceania.
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Oceania is a continent, even in English. I don’t know where the “continent of Australia” thing came from but it is very outdated. According to the United Nations, the continent is Oceania.
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Na let's just take it easy it's Oceania.
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as a chinese, i was taught in school that oceania is a continent, when did they change that?
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In New Zealand we called it Oceania.
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Australia: Country Oceania: Continent Australasia: No
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This is simple Australia is a Country... And Oceania is the continent where Australia is located... New Zealand is in Oceania not Australia...
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Australia is the country, Oceania is the continent. Ta-da!
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Here in the U.S. (Pennsylvania more specifically) we we're taught Australia is a continent, country, and island. This is the first time I've ever heard of the continent being referred as Oceania which to me sounds much better and less confusing.
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In Brazil (portuguese language), we recognize 6 Continents in the world: America (North America, Central America and South America are subregions that, together, make the American continent), Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and Antarctica.
