While the man described materia (that just sounded strange and like something that would end badly for mages), Alistair watched him, thoughtfully. He talked like a mage. Or at least like a noble. Someone educated a little more than he was.

"Thedas," he answered, though. "But that's the continent. Not the whole..." He motioned in a vaguely round shape. "...The whole thing. We don't have a word for the whole thing that I know of."