Continental

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
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     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.
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              No former king had involved himself so frequently in
              the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
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     3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
        colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
        War; as, Continental money.
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              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.
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     {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, n.
     1. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army. See
        {Continental}, a., 3.
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     2. (Amer. Hist.) a piece of the Continental currency, paper
        money issued under authority of the Continental Congress.
        See {Continental}, a., 3.
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     Note: "Not worth a continental." was said of Continental
           currency after the American revolution, when it was
           considered almost worthless. Eventually, under
           Alexander Hamilton's direction at the Treasury
           department, the currency was all redeemed at full
           value.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  continental
       adj 1: of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental
              breakfast"
       2: of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during
          and immediately after the Revolutionary War; "the
          Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"
       3: of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the
          continental divide"; "continental drift"
       4: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the
          continents of North America or Europe; "the continental
          United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
          [ant: {intercontinental}]

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

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Continental, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
     Population (2000):    1188
     Housing Units (2000): 509
     Land area (2000):     0.709200 sq. miles (1.836820 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.009000 sq. miles (0.023310 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.718200 sq. miles (1.860130 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            18504
     Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
     Location:             41.097971 N, 84.266388 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     45831
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Continental, OH
      Continental