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trans-continental

trans-continental is the alternative spelling of transcontinental.

Meaning of transcontinental

Adjective

transcontinental (not comparable)

  1. Crossing or spanning a continent.
    • 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.1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 127-128

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Questions about trans-continental

What is trans-continental the alternative spelling of?
Trans-continental is the alternative spelling of transcontinental.

Words near trans-continental in the dictionary

  1. trans-bashed
  2. trans-bashes
  3. trans-bashing
  4. trans-butch
  5. trans-butches
  6. trans-continental
  7. trans-copernicium
  8. trans-curious
  9. trans-cyclooctene
  10. trans-dimensional
  11. Trans-Dniester

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