contiguous

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin contiguus (touching), from contingere (to touch); see contingent, contact, contagion.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /kənˈtɪɡjuəs/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"tIgju@s/
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  • Hyphenation: con‧tig‧u‧ous

Adjective[edit]

contiguous (not comparable)

  1. connected; touching; abutting
  2. adjacent; neighbouring/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;
  3. connecting without a break
    The forty-eight contiguous states.
    • 1886, Frank Hamilton Cushing, A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth:
      Supposing three such houses to be contiguous to a central one, each separated from the latter by a straight wall.

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