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English Dictionary: continental	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for continental
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Continental adj of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental breakfast" of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress" of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the continental divide"; "continental drift" being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the continents of North America or Europe; "the continental United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters" Antonym(s): intercontinental
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Continental \Con`tinen"tal\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a continent. 2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental* tour; a continental coalition. --Macaulay. No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam. 3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money. The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the [bd]Ministerial army.[b8] --W. Irving. {Continental Congress}. See under {Congress}. {Continental system} (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Continental \Con`tinen"tal\, n. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental* army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See {Continental}, a., 3.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Continental, OH (village, FIPS 18504) Location: 41.09889 N, 84.26682 W Population (1990): 1214 (463 housing units) Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 45831