English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin contiguus ( “ touching ” ) , from contingere ( “ to touch ” ) ; see contingent , contact , contagion .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kənˈtɪɡjuəs/
Hyphenation: con‧tig‧u‧ous
Adjective
contiguous (not comparable )
Connected ; touching ; abutting .
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;
1835 , William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea , page 59 :[ …] the usual quietness of the day, with us, was broken in upon by the shout of success from the pursuing boats, followed by vehement respondings from the contiguous ship.
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.
Derived terms
Translations
connected, touching, abutting
Bulgarian: допиращ се ( dopirašt se ) , граничещ (bg) ( graničešt )
Catalan: contigu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: verbonden (nl)
Finnish: liittyvä (fi) , vierekkäinen , viereinen (fi)
French: contigu (fr)
German: angrenzend (de) ; zusammen (de) ; verbunden (de) , durchgehend (de)
Greek: συνεχόμενος (el) ( synechómenos )
Hungarian: érintkező (hu) , összeérő , összekapcsolt (hu) , egybekapcsolt , összefüggő (hu)
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Icelandic: aðlægur , samlægur , samliggjandi
Italian: contiguo (it)
Maori: kāpīpiti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilstøtende
Persian: نزدیک (fa) ( nazdik ) , همسایه (fa) ( hamsāya(e) )
Portuguese: contíguo (pt)
Russian: сме́жный (ru) m ( sméžnyj ) , соприкаса́ющийся (ru) m ( soprikasájuščijsja ) , грани́чащий (ru) m ( graníčaščij ) , прилега́ющий (ru) m ( prilegájuščij )
Spanish: contiguo (es)
Turkish: bitişik (tr)
adjacent, neighboring
Bulgarian: съседен (bg) ( sǎseden )
Catalan: contigu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: aangrenzend (nl)
Finnish: viereinen (fi) ; naapuri -
French: contigu (fr) , voisin (fr) , adjacent (fr)
German: angrenzend (de) ; benachbart (de) ; nahe (de)
Greek: συνεχόμενος (el) ( synechómenos )
Hungarian: szomszédos (hu) , melletti (hu)
Icelandic: aðlægur , samlægur , samliggjandi
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Italian: contiguo (it)
Latin: confīnis
Maori: whātata
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nærliggende
Nynorsk: nærliggande , nærliggjande
Persian: نزدیک (fa) ( nazdik ) , همسایه (fa) ( hamsāya(e) )
Portuguese: contíguo (pt)
Russian: сосе́дний (ru) m ( sosédnij ) , близлежа́щий (ru) m ( blizležáščij ) , прилега́ющий (ru) m ( prilegájuščij )
Spanish: vecino (es) , cercano (es) , contiguo (es) , adyacente (es)
Swedish: närliggande (sv)
Turkish: komşu (tr) , sınırdaş (tr)
connecting without a break
See also
References
“contiguous ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“contiguous ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .