And because Deal is very near continental Europe, it's always been one of the first areas of Britain to be invaded.
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Continental
//ˌkɑntɪˈnɛntl̩//
Synonyms for "continental" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
47 entriesShowing 16 of 47 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قَارِّيّ adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Belarusian
2 entries- кантынента́льны adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- кантынэнта́льны adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Bulgarian
2 entries- европейски adj (characteristic of the style of continental Europe)
- континентален adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Czech
4 entries- kontinentální adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- kontinentální adj (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
- kontinentální adj (characteristic of the style of continental Europe)
- pevninský adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Finnish
4 entries- manner adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- manner adj (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
- mannermainen adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- mannermainen adj (characteristic of the style of continental Europe)
French
1 entries- continental adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Galician
1 entries- continental adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Georgian
1 entries- კონტინენტური adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
German
1 entries- kontinental adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Greek
2 entries- ηπειρωτικός adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- ηπειρωτικός adj (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
Hebrew
1 entries- יבשתי adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Irish
2 entries- mór-roinneach adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- mór-roinneach adj (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
Italian
1 entries- continentale adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Kazakh
1 entries- құрлықтық adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Kumyk
1 entries- континент adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Manx
2 entries- mooarheeragh adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- mooarheeragh adj (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
Occitan
1 entries- continental adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Portuguese
3 entries- continental adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- continental adj (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
- continental adj (characteristic of the style of continental Europe)
Russian
1 entries- континента́льный adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Spanish
2 entries- continental adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- continental adj (characteristic of the style of continental Europe)
Swedish
1 entries- kontinental adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Turkish
1 entries- kıtasal adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Ukrainian
1 entries- континента́льний adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Welsh
3 entries- cyfandirol adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
- cyfandirol adj (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands)
- cyfandirol adj (characteristic of the style of continental Europe)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָנטינענטאַל adj (of or relating to a continent or continents)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
They serve a continental breakfast in this hotel.
Source: tatoeba (463228)
It takes about twelve minutes for the Space Shuttle to pass over the continental United States from California to New York. A Shuttle trip around the world takes only ninety minutes.
Source: tatoeba (3958080)
The largest continental lake in the world is the Caspian Sea.
Source: tatoeba (6127440)
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