continental

adjectivemasculine/feminine/kõtɨnẽˈtal/high

con·ti·nen·tal

Definition

Relating to or characteristic of a continent.

Mainland Portugal excludes the archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

A continental climate has cold winters and hot summers.

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Common collocations

continental Europecontinental climatecontinental shelf

Do latim 'continentalis', de 'continens, continentis' (continente).