intercontinental

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intercontinental

  • /ˌɪn.tə.kɒn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/ UK
  • /ˌɪn.tɚ.kɑn.tɪˈnɛn.təl/ US

adjective

  1. not comparable Taking place between two or more continents. Not so much wedded as welded to their airline seats, he and his amanuensis see the cities of the future as ‘glocal’ phenomena, where high-density urban centres are air-linked to intercontinental faubourgs.
  2. not comparable Having the ability to travel between continents.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: worldwide, transcontinental, transnational, ballistic, icbm, confederation, continental, continent, continents, intracontinental, bicontinental, circumcontinental, amphicontinental, pancontinental, interoceanic, crossnational

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adj between two or more continents

Españolintercontinental
한국어대륙 간 daeryuk gan
日本語大陸間 tairiku kan
中文洲際 /洲际 zhōujì
Portuguêsintercontinental
Françaisintercontinental
Deutschinterkontinental
Italianointercontinentale
Ελληνικάδιηπειρωτικός diipeirotikós
Românăintercontinental
Русскиймежконтинента́льный mežkontinentálʹnyj

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"intercontinental." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/intercontinental. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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intercontinental. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/intercontinental

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@misc{intercontinental_2026,
  title = {intercontinental},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intercontinental},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}