continental

IPA: kɑntʌnˈɛntʌɫ

Someone from the continent.
(US, historical) A member of the Continental army.
(US, historical) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war.
(obsolete, by extension) The smallest amount; a whit; a jot.
Synonym of European (a denizen of Europe)
(UK) A denizen of continental Europe
(UK) A denizen of the European Union
(historical, US, UK) A denizen of the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.

Of or relating to a continent or continents.
Of the mainland, as opposed to an island offshore.
(chiefly UK) Relating to, or characteristic of, continental Europe.
(US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
Synonym of European (including insular Europe, such as Britain, Ireland)
(historical, US, UK) Pertaining to the colonies of British North America covered by the Continental Congress.
(UK) Alternative form of continental, continental European. [Of or relating to a continent or continents.]
(UK) Alternative form of continental (pertaining to the European Union). [Of or relating to a continent or continents.]

Examples of "continental" in Sentences

The term continental US also means the 48 contiguous states, although Alaska is geographically part of the continental US.
But also as president, he took the major steps that were necessary to create what he called a continental empire for liberty.
I use "brunch" advisedly because it was really just doughnuts, bagels, and muffins -- what they call a continental breakfast in this country.
The difference between the ice streams of the mountains and those which we term continental depends solely on the areas of the fields and the depth of the accumulation.
It was this temporary feature which inspired Wegener to study what he defined as continental drift, although he did not live to see his hypothesis become generally accepted.
Like the Columbia University group, the CFR task force insists that the largely negative images of Africa propagated in the US media obstruct what it describes as a continental "renaissance" which makes "the present era ... the most promising period since the onset of African independence 40 years ago."