Ghost Lightning wrote...
Volus Warlord wrote...
There could just be one continent. Pangea if you will.
this was my assumption. and it works based on how the map looks
But it points to a place where the griffins are from, a landmass to the east. Dragons too in the southeast. (LP, you could make Aura to the west of Equestria, nothing is on that side of the sea) Equestria would simply be the name of the planet and the country, and maybe even continent. Considering the kingdom is mainly inhabited by ponies of all kinds (except maybe zebras) and is the location of the alicorns that keep the day and night in check it would only make sense that the most important country on the planet would have the same name.