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continental united states

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables
con-ti-nen-tal u-nit-ed s-tates
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.

American usage

name

The largest portion of the United States which is not separated by any ocean or non-U.S. land; the United States exclusive of Alaska, Hawaii, and other overseas territories.

American usage; Colloquial

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

the continental United States (canonical)

Synonyms

continental US conterminous United States contiguous United States contiguous 48 lower 48 CONUS

Questions

What does continental united states mean?
The portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.

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