Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12599067-20130928060857/@comment-13446185-20130930104130

Lord Hadron wrote: Look, forget the name. Just because the land wasn't named, doesn't mean the land never existed.

I'll just refer to it as Mereth even if it was named by the Atmorans. There's no better name for it. I don't know why but I find it fun you changed your picture to a Falmer.

Mereth refers to the entire continent. I believe that the original name for the entire continent was "Tamriel" as it is an elven name.