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		jonwinstanley on April 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on... Africa, Europe and Asia are continents, so can’t be Islands

globular-toast on April 14, 2023 [–]

The definition of continent is very fuzzy and mostly man-made. So all you're really saying is Afroeurasia isn't an island because we decided it isn't.

CRConrad on April 19, 2023 | [–]

Yup. That's how language works: Words mean what they mean because we've decided that they do.

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