contiguous

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈtɪɡjuəs/

Adjective

contiguous (not comparable)

1. Connected; touching; abutting.
2. Adjacent; neighboring.
   • 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland

     Though poor the peasant’s hut, his feasts though small,

     He sees his little lot the lot of all;

     Sees no contiguous palace rear its head

     To shame the meanness of his humble shed;

3. Connecting without a break.

   the forty-eight contiguous states

Related terms

• contiguity

Translations

• French: contigu
• German: angrenzend; zusammen; verbunden, durchgehend
• Italian: contiguo
• Portuguese: contíguo
• Russian: сме́жный
• Spanish: contiguo

Translations

• French: contigu, voisin, adjacent
• German: angrenzend; benachbart; nahe
• Italian: contiguo
• Portuguese: contíguo
• Russian: сосе́дний
• Spanish: vecino, cercano, contiguo, adyacente

Translations

• French: contigu, attenant, continu
• German: zusammenhängend
• Italian: contiguo
• Portuguese: contíguo
• Russian: непреры́вный
• Spanish: adosado, colindante

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