What does transcontinental mean?
Transcontinental means Crossing or spanning a continent..
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/ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/ · adjective
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.
It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.
Stretched across the Dominion of Canada are two parallel but dissimilar railways - the continent's only true transcontinentals north of the Rio Grande.
Use transcontinental when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Transcontinental means Crossing or spanning a continent..
Common synonyms include continental.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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