contiguous

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contiguous

/kənˈtɪɡ.ju.əs/ UK, US
/kənˈtɪɡ.jʉ.əs/ Australia

Rhymes with -ɪɡjuəs

Where it comes from

From Latin contiguus (“touching”) + -ous, from contingere (“to touch”); see contingent, contact, contagion.

adjective

figuratively, not comparable, sometimes Connected; touching; abutting. It was in this haphazard way that Mr Carrados was fated to be drawn into the curious Shakespeare case—a gossipy letter from an American friend coupled with the Stratford-on-Avon outrage, and the contiguous circumstance that his secretary's sister happened to be in the council of the 'militants'.
not comparable 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;
not comparable Connecting without a break. the forty-eight contiguous states

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adjoining, conterminous, adjacent, abutting, connected, immediate, close, bordering, adjacency, side-by-side, next, consecutive, successive, linked, associated, nearby

Translations

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adj connected, touching, abutting

Español	contiguo
中文	相接的 xiāngjiē de, 毗連的 /毗连的 pílián de
Português	contíguo
Français	contigu
Deutsch	angrenzend, zusammen, verbunden, durchgehend, nebeneinanderliegend
Italiano	contiguo
Ελληνικά	συνεχόμενος synechómenos
Русский	сме́жный sméžnyj, соприкаса́ющийся soprikasájuščijsja, грани́чащий graníčaščij, прилега́ющий prilegájuščij

adj adjacent, neighboring

Español	vecino, cercano, contiguo, adyacente
中文	鄰近的 /邻近的 línjìn de, 相鄰的 /相邻的 xiānglín de
Português	contíguo
Français	contigu, voisin, adjacent
Deutsch	angrenzend, benachbart, nahe
Italiano	contiguo
Ελληνικά	συνεχόμενος synechómenos
Русский	сосе́дний sosédnij, близлежа́щий blizležáščij, прилега́ющий prilegájuščij

adj connecting without a break

Español	adosado, colindante
中文	連續的 /连续的 liánxù de
Português	contíguo
Français	contigu, attenant, continu
Deutsch	zusammenhängend
Italiano	contiguo
Ελληνικά	συνεχόμενος synechómenos
Русский	непреры́вный neprerývnyj

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@misc{contiguous_2026,
  title = {contiguous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contiguous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}