The named landmass and the nations on it. A named place rather than a concept.
Coined in 1507 by cartographer Martin Waldseemueller as the feminine Latin form of Americus, the Latinized first name of navigator Amerigo Vespucci; a continent named for a mapmaker's tribute rather than for any older word.
The named landmass and the nations on it, held as a place rather than a concept.