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contiguous

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WOTD – 19 December 2009,19 December 2010

Etymology

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FromLatincontiguus(“touching”), fromcontingere(“to touch”); seecontingent,contact,contagion.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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contiguous (notcomparable)

  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 nocontiguous palace rear its head
      To shame the meanness of his humble shed;
    • 1835, William Scoresby,Memorials of the Sea, page59:
      […] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from thecontiguous ship.
  3. Connecting without a break.
    the forty-eightcontiguous states
    • 1886, Frank Hamilton Cushing,A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth:
      Supposing three such houses to becontiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.

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Translations

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connected, touching, abutting
adjacent, neighboring
connecting without a break

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