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transcontinental

 
Dictionary: trans·con·ti·nen·tal   (trăns'kŏn-tə-nĕn'tl) pronunciation
adj.
Spanning or crossing a continent.


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IN BRIEF: Spanning one of the six large main land areas by which the Earth is characterized.

pronunciation Three transcontinental flights will depart from this terminal.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - transkontinental
n. - transkontinental

Nederlands (Dutch)
transcontinentaal

Français (French)
adj. - transcontinental
n. - transcontinental

Deutsch (German)
adj. - transkontinental
n. - Transkontinentalbahn

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διηπειρωτικός
n. - διηπειρωτικός σιδηρόδρομος

Italiano (Italian)
transcontinentale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - transcontinental
n. - transcontinental (m)

Русский (Russian)
трансконти- нентальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - transcontinental
n. - tren transcontinental

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - transkontinental
n. - transkontinental järnväg

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
横贯大陆的, 大陆那边的, 横贯大陆的铁路

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 橫貫大陸的, 大陸那邊的
n. - 橫貫大陸的鐵路

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대륙 횡단의, 대륙 저쪽의
n. - 대륙 횡단 , 대륙 저쪽

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大陸横断の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممتد عبر قارة (الاسم) ألجانب ألأخر من القارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חוצת-יבשת (רכבת וכו'), טרנס-יבשתי‬
n. - ‮מסילת-ברזל חוצת-יבשת‬


 
 
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