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continental meaning in English

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continental adjective

continental(of or relating to a continent or continents)
adjective
[UK: ˌkɒn.tɪ.ˈnen.tl̩] [US: ˌkɑːn.tə.ˈnen.tl̩]

China Continental proper noun
{f}

mainland China(Communist China understood via its geographical position)
proper noun
[UK: ˈmeɪn.lænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə] [US: ˈmeɪn.ˌlænd ˈtʃaɪ.nə]

deriva continental noun
{f}

continental driftnoun
[UK: ˌkɒn.tɪ.ˈnen.tl̩ drɪft] [US: ˌkɑːn.tə.ˈnen.tl̩ ˈdrɪft]

intercontinental adjective

intercontinental(between two or more continents)
adjective
[UK: ˌɪn.təˌk.ɒn.tɪ.ˈnen.tl̩] [US: ˌɪn.tərˌk.ɑːn.tə.ˈnen.tl̩]

mar continental noun
{m}

mediterranean sea(mostly enclosed sea)
noun
[UK: ˌme.dɪ.tə.ˈreɪ.nɪən siː] [US: ˌme.də.tə.ˈreɪ.niən ˈsiː]

plataforma continental noun
{f}

continental shelf(the area of sea around a land mass)
noun
[UK: ˌkɒn.tɪ.ˈnen.tl̩ ʃelf] [US: ˌkɑːn.tə.ˈnen.tl̩ ˈʃelf]

transcontinental adjective

transcontinental(crossing a continent)
adjective
[UK: ˌtrænzk.ɒn.tɪ.ˈnen.tl̩] [US: ˌtrænzˌk.ɑːn.tə.ˈnen.tl̩]