About continent names
Broad vowel runs give results like "Phaegela", "Vraucia", and "Xaubezea" the sweep a landmass needs, closer to Laurasia than to any town name. A continent label sits at the top of your map's hierarchy, so test it as an adjective too, since readers will meet Vraucian merchants before they see the coastline. Shorter results read older and more eroded.
How continent names are built
Continent names are syllable chains with no feature word, so each reads as a single invented landmass name. One template chains four syllable slots and a longer one repeats a slot to chain six, so a pull like Crorica is a shorter chain and Taivrealesh a longer one. The closing bank carries endings like -ica, -esh and -eron.
Crorica
a syllable chain closing on -ica
Taivrealesh
a longer syllable chain closing on -esh
Stribreron
syllable chain closing on -eron
Naming notes
The two templates chain four or six syllable slots with no separate feature word, so output is always one weighty proper name. The closing slot supplies the recurring -ica, -esh and -eron endings as stored. Keep continent names longer than your settlement names so the scale reads at a glance.
Questions about continent names
- Why do continent names have no descriptors?
- Both templates chain only syllable slots with no feature word, so output is always a single proper name for a landmass.
- What gives them their endings?
- The closing slot favours endings such as -ica, -esh and -eron.
- How do I keep continents distinct from smaller places?
- Use the six-slot template so continents are longer and more vowel-rich than the shorter town and island names.