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continental United States

continental United States proper noun: the portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.

Proper noun

the continental United States

  1. (US) The portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.
    Synonyms:
    continental US
  2. (US, colloquial) The largest portion of the United States which is not separated by any ocean or non-U.S. land; the United States exclusive of Alaska, Hawaii, and other overseas territories.

Synonyms of continental United States

Questions about continental United States

What does continental United States mean?
Continental United States means the portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.
What part of speech is continental United States?
Continental United States is a proper noun.

Words near continental United States in the dictionary

  1. Continental System
  2. continental time
  3. continental time zone
  4. continental time zones
  5. continental times
  6. continental United States
  7. continental US
  8. Continentaler
  9. Continentalers
  10. continentalisation
  11. continentalise

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