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transcontinental

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trans·con·ti·nen·tal  (trnskn-t-nntl)
adj.
Spanning or crossing a continent.

transcontinental [ˌtrænzkɒntɪˈnɛntəl]
adj
1. crossing a continent
2. on or from the far side of a continent
transcontinentally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.transcontinentaltranscontinental - spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent; "transcontinental railway"; "transcontinental travelers"; "a transcontinental city"
continental - being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
Translations
transcontinental [ˈtrænzˌkɒntɪˈnentl] ADJtranscontinental

transcontinental [ˌtrænskɒntɪˈnɛntəl] adj [route, railway] → transcontinental(e)

transcontinental

transcontinental
adj transcontinental [ˈtrӕnzkontiˈnentl]
crossing a continent a transcontinental railway. transkontinentaal عَبْرَ القارات пресичащ континента transkontinentální transkontinental überkontinental διηπειρωτικός transcontinental mandritevaheline از این سو به آن سوی قاره mantereen ylittävä transcontinental חוֹצֶה יַבֶּשֶת पारमहाद्वीपी transkontinentalan transzkontinentális lintas benua sem fer þvert yfir meginland(ið) transcontinentale 大陸横断の 대륙 횡단의 transkontinentinis transkontinentāls rentas benua transcontinentaal over kontinentet, transkontinental transkontynentalny transcontinental transcontinental трансконтинентальный transkontinentálny čezcelinski transkontinentalan transkontinental ซึ่งข้ามทวีป kıta aşırı 橫貫大陸的 трансконтинентальний بر اعظم پار xuyên lục địa


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Martin glanced at the upper left-hand corner and read the name and address of the TRANSCONTINENTAL MONTHLY.
He was a thin-faced ascetic, living in a state of high, attenuated calm--a molten planet under a transcontinental ice sheet.
I was gradually coming to have a mysterious and shuddery reverence for this girl; nowadays whenever she pulled out from the station and got her train fairly started on one of those horizonless transcontinental sentences of hers, it was borne in upon me that I was standing in the awful presence of the Mother of the German Language.
 
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