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Continental
Continental Con`ti*nen"tal, n. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3.
Continental
Continental Con`ti*nen"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 ``Ministerial army.' --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.

Meaning of continental from wikipedia

- continental may refer to: continent continental (album), an album by saint etienne. continental (brand), a brand of foods used by unilever in
- continental airlines was a major u.s. airline, founded in 1934 and headquartered in houston, texas . in may 2010, the airline announced
- the continental army was formed after the outbreak of the american revolutionary war by the colonies that became the united states of
- continental climate is a climate characterized by important annual variation in temperature due to the lack of significant bodies of water
- continental europe, also referred to as mainland europe or simply the continent (particularly by the british, azoreans, madeirans, balearic
- lincoln continental was a model name for a series of automobiles produced by the lincoln division of ford motor company from 1939 to 1948
- a humid continental climate (köppen prefix d and a third letter of a or b) is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature
- the continental shelf is the extended perimeter of each continent and associated coastal plain . much of the shelf was exposed during
- listed below are the uci professional continental and continental teams that compete in road bicycle racing events of the uci continental
- continental ag, also frequently referred to as 'conti', is a leading german auto and truck parts manufacturing company specializing in