Exonyms vs. Endonyms: Rename Continents?

Every name comes from somewhere, but often they are given to people and places by someone else, an exonym, as opposed to someone deciding a name for themselves, an endonym. Today we're exploring what the continent's might've been named had the native people's word for their land been used instead.

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"Ave Marimba" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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