continental

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or relating to a continent or continents.
2. Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
3. Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
4. (US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.

Noun

1. Someone from the continent.
2. (US, historical) A member of the Continental army.
3. (US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
4. (broadly, obsolete) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.

Synonyms

land

foreign

jot

mainland

tectonic

whit

European

Continental

Translations

continental

continental

continental

continentale

kontinental

قاري

ηπειρωτικός

meclis

continental

continentaal

kıtasal

continentau

continental

continentale

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩/

Etymology

From continent + -al.