continental

Definition

Of or relating to a continent or continents.

Etymology

From continent + -al.

Example Sentences

• "continental drift"
• "Offshore to the west of the continental margin during the Early Triassic, the Sonoma highlands formed a volcanic island arc, separated from the mainland by a shallow sea that cut through western Nevada and northwestern Utah."
• "No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances."