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transcontinental
[trans-kon-tn-en-tl]
adjective
passing or extending across a continent.
a transcontinental railroad.
on the other, or far, side of a continent.
transcontinental
/ ˌٰæԳɒԳɪˈɛԳə /
adjective
crossing a continent
on or from the far side of a continent
Other Word Forms
- transcontinentally adverb
- ˌٰԲDzԳپˈԱԳٲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of transcontinental1
Example Sentences
The book falls short in its attempt to tie Yin Manor’s haunted nature to the exploitation of the thousands of Chinese migrants who built the Western half of the first transcontinental railroad, however.
The Public Utilities Commission was created as the Railroad Commission in the late 1870s, after the completion of the transcontinental railroad.
“Harry Young” made his way to Woodland, which had developed a busy Chinatown populated by immigrants who had come to work on the transcontinental railroad.
To the south, its territory extends to Interstate 40, a major transcontinental trucking route; its 140-mile stretch from Barstow to Needles has no first responders stationed between the two cities.
In “Europapa,” he raps about a transcontinental journey that is also tribute to his parents, who both died when Klein was young.
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