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kıta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • continent noun One of the large landmasses of the Earth, such as Africa, Asia, or Europe.
  • stanza noun A group of lines in a poem, set apart from the next group by a blank line and often sharing a fixed pattern of length, rhythm and rhyme.

Senses

kıta is used for these senses in English:

  • continent Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.
  • stanza (poetry) A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse.

continent — full definition

  1. noun One of the large landmasses of the Earth, such as Africa, Asia, or Europe.
  2. adj Able to control one's bladder or bowels.
  3. adj Exercising self-restraint, especially regarding physical desires.

stanza — full definition

  1. noun A group of lines in a poem, set apart from the next group by a blank line and often sharing a fixed pattern of length, rhythm and rhyme.
  2. noun A verse of a song, as distinct from the chorus.