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transcontinental

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16 lettersPronunciation /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aaceilnnnnorstttStarts with TEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent

Word origin

From trans- + continental.

Used in a sentence

  • In that year [1871] British Columbia decided to become part of the Dominion of Canada, on condition that a transcontinental railway should be completed without delay.
  • It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.
  • Stretched across the Dominion of Canada are two parallel but dissimilar railways - the continent's only true transcontinentals north of the Rio Grande.

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