Question I have been shy to ask... is Eorzea the planet, or is it a continent?

I am courious... as to what Eorzea really is... is it the whole planet? If so,when what is the landmass where Ul'dah, Gridana etc are called then?

Thanks

Eorzea is a continent, one of three. The planet itself is called Hydaelyn.

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Eorzea is one of the three continents that make up one giant land mass of the planet Hydaelyn. Consisting of Aldenard and its surrounding islands, Eorzea contains several independently governed city-states that have a long history of war and alliances. The few that have lasted longest are the thalassocracy of Limsa Lominsa, the commercial sultanate of Ul'dah, and the forest city-state of Gridania. Though they have warred amongst each other in the past, the powerful and aggressive Garlean Empire has begun their slow advance on the city-states, making the current situation in Eorzea that of an uneasy alliance.

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From source.

The continent is Aldenard, the large island Limsa's on is Vylbrand, Aldenard and Vylbrand together are known as Eorzea, and Eorzea is one large region in a world called Hydaelyn. (My spelling on the latter may be off.)

I have my own embarrassing questions...

Eorzea: "ee-OR-zee-uh" "or-ZAY-uh" or what?
Leve: "leev" or "lehv"
Garlean: "GAR-lee-in" "gar-LAY-un"
Hydaelyn: "HI-duh-lin" "hi-DAY-lin" "hi-DAY-uh-lin"

Consensus (Can I have it?)
I'll post more as I think of them.

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Originally Posted by Alkoun

I have my own embarrassing questions...

Eorzea: "ee-OR-zee-uh" "or-ZAY-uh" or what? Both, kinda. "eh-OR-ZAY-uh
Leve: "leev" or "lehv" "Leave"
Garlean: "GAR-lee-in" "gar-LAY-un" "Gar-lee-an"
Hydaelyn: "HI-duh-lin" "hi-DAY-lin" "hi-DAY-uh-lin" "Hi-day-lynn"

Consensus (Can I have it?)
I'll post more as I think of them.

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Answers in bold.

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Originally Posted by Alkoun

I have my own embarrassing questions...

Eorzea: "ee-OR-zee-uh" "or-ZAY-uh" or what?
Leve: "leev" or "lehv" << NO CLUE /cry
Garlean: "GAR-lee-in" "gar-LAY-un"
Hydaelyn: "HI-duh-lin" "hi-DAY-lin" "hi-DAY-uh-lin"

Consensus (Can I have it?)
I'll post more as I think of them.

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I lean toward "lehv", just because you can't confuse that with any other words.

"Leave", because it's a derivation of the Middle English word that evolved into the modern English word 'leave' - you can see traces of this sense remaining in phrases like "by your leave". It basically means 'permission'. (Also I /think/ in Japanese it's referred to using katakana that wind up being pronounced as 'leave' as well, but I'm not 100% sure on this.)

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Originally Posted by Alkoun

I have my own embarrassing questions...

Eorzea: "ee-OR-zee-uh" "or-ZAY-uh" or what?
Leve: "leev" or "lehv"
Garlean: "GAR-lee-in" "gar-LAY-un"
Hydaelyn: "HI-duh-lin" "hi-DAY-lin" "hi-DAY-uh-lin"

Consensus (Can I have it?)
I'll post more as I think of them.

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submit this question to the next live interview and make Yoshida read it might be fun :p

I think of it as "leh-vee" but more often than not my pronunciation is wrong on funky words.

DH..wow i finally found you =D =D =D =D

i can't believe i found a fellow Kashuan player on here..and not only that, a one of my top 6 friedns too ^^

I agree with Alerith on the correct pronunciation. You coulda asked me in-game, i woulda told you...and i'd given you a hug too :-)

Rinoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa lts party tonight!

=)

oh bye the way. maintanance is over so you better get logged back on so i can give you your hug =D

wait....did they do maintanance yet O.o

What was the maintenance for?

leve is pronounced "leave" not only because of it's English etymology but also because the Lodestone presents it as such. A hint to the pronunciation can be found on the official site

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...often provide adventurers with these plates, allowing their bearers “leave” to take whatever steps necessary to complete the jobs,...

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Originally Posted by Darkhaund

What was the maintenance for?

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they didn't say..all they said was to log out =(

:( ohh well i guess it was for something good

I pronounced XI names how I see fit and I will continue to say XIV names the same way lol.
Like Ru'lade Gardens, Sanc of Xi'tah, San'd Oria.... I mean, they really went to town using ' in XI.
XIV just seems to have to many vowels to close together.
Eorzea, Hydaelyn, Garlean, etc.

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OOHhhh i see what the mainanance was for, before, it said Krull didn't have a pumkin hat, and it said i was THM-40....i haven't been THM-40 in over 2 weeks. so maybe they did it because the servers wheren't updateing the information on lodestone and forums?

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sorry to double post, but this might answer you question

Does anyone know what the other 2 continents are called?

Good question... I was just wondering that...

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Originally Posted by Darkhaund

Good question... I was just wondering that...

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*strikes the Anonymoose bell*

Some ppl say that Eorzea = Aldenard and others say that Eorzea = Aldenard + The island where limsa is.. still confused

its really a dream of a dream of a god who thinks its a normal guy who is playing a game but really isnt

lol... stop smoking that

Leves are "lehv"

Eorzea ee-or-zeh-ya

Garlean is just garlic. gar-lee-an

Planet is Hydaelyn.

On it are three continents, Eorzea, Garlemald, and one unnamed one far to the east. They are all connected to each other by land bridges, so it's really one huge Pangea-like land mass.

Eorzea is made up of the main land of Aldenard, the island Vylbrand, and a slew of smaller islands like the Cieldales.

Pretty sure that's all we know at the moment.

Map of Eorzea

Eorzea is a continent while Aldenard (The Black Shroud, Thanalan, Coerthas, and Mor Dhona) and Vylbrand (La Noscea) are areas within that continent

The only other continent we know of is the Garlean Empire's continent, but I don't think we have a name for the continent they're on (though we call their nation Garlemald).

I say poe-tay-toe you say poe-tah-toe

It's however you want to pronounce it. Everyone perceives things differently, does that make them wrong and you right or them right and you wrong?

Nop. But it's fun to compare the way ppl read stuff =P

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Originally Posted by ObeiKinstar

It's however you want to pronounce it. Everyone perceives things differently, does that make them wrong and you right or them right and you wrong?

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There's always that one guy that butchers all the game terms and peoples names in vent. He's so hopeless everyone gave up trying to correct it and just cringe to themselves.

hmmmm.... isn't ala mihigo a continent?

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Originally Posted by WiiSam

hmmmm.... isn't ala mihigo a continent?

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Ala Mihgo is a city state from a region i forgot the name...the one closest to garlean empire

EDIT: Gyr Abania the region if i read it right...

Ala Mihgo is a city-state in the Gyr Abania region. A little bit northwest of Gridania. It's still a part of Aldenard/Eorzea.

Eorzea Map:http://i.imgur.com/E0Xzh.jpg
I think It was mentioned that there was a North Continent and East Continent mentioned too.

I used to pronounce Eorzea as 'nausea' without the N until a kind friend corrected me. >.<

...I have to wonder, where does all this mis-information about Eorzea being a continent come from? Eorzea is a big region. Asia, Europe, America, Eorzea. There's your comparison.

And to one of the above posters (yeah, I'm lazy), continents can't have big island areas separated from the main land by a big sea and still be called the same continent. Continents are continents. I think you should brush up on your geographical terms.
The main continent in Eorzea is Aldenard, and in addition there's a big island to the side called Vylbrand. The world is Hydaelin. There are also other continents in the world, but their names are unknown as far as I remember (although some names of the countries are known). The Garlean Empire is a hugely bloated country off on the continent to the north-east.

Wow so much wrong in the above post. When was the last time you took a geography class?

Asia and Europe? Both continents!

There are seven: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. How do you not know this?



Also, Japan? It's an island, a part of the CONTINENT OF ASIA.
Hawaii, an island belonging to the country of USA, so technically a part of the CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA.


Both of your arguments are just so wrong and completely invalid, I weep for the intelligence of the average person.



tldr: Eorzea is a continent, and that includes the island of Vylbrand.

Eorzea is the home land for the Elezen the other 4 race came from islands around the world.