feat(location): add `continent` method (#3162)

4 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/definitions/location.ts b/src/definitions/location.ts
index 5aee4e79..9fbda95f 100644
--- a/src/definitions/location.ts
+++ b/src/definitions/location.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ export type LocationDefinition = LocaleEntry<{
   city_suffix: string[];
 
   /**
+   * The names of all continents.
+   */
+  continent: string[];
+
+  /**
    * The names of all countries.
    */
   country: string[];
diff --git a/src/locales/en/location/continent.ts b/src/locales/en/location/continent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..379b4601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/locales/en/location/continent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export default [
+  'Africa',
+  'Antarctica',
+  'Asia',
+  'Australia',
+  'Europe',
+  'North America',
+  'South America',
+];
diff --git a/src/locales/en/location/index.ts b/src/locales/en/location/index.ts
index 7938321d..64ca3268 100644
--- a/src/locales/en/location/index.ts
+++ b/src/locales/en/location/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import city_name from './city_name';
 import city_pattern from './city_pattern';
 import city_prefix from './city_prefix';
 import city_suffix from './city_suffix';
+import continent from './continent';
 import country from './country';
 import county from './county';
 import direction from './direction';
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const location: LocationDefinition = {
   city_pattern,
   city_prefix,
   city_suffix,
+  continent,
   country,
   county,
   direction,
diff --git a/src/modules/location/index.ts b/src/modules/location/index.ts
index 4aabdd8d..4a49e029 100644
--- a/src/modules/location/index.ts
+++ b/src/modules/location/index.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,20 @@ export class LocationModule extends ModuleBase {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Returns a random continent name.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * faker.location.continent() // 'Asia'
+   *
+   * @since 9.1.0
+   */
+  continent(): string {
+    return this.faker.helpers.arrayElement(
+      this.faker.definitions.location.continent
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Returns a random [ISO_3166-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1) country code.
    *
    * @param options The code to return or an options object.