bicontinental

adjective

bi·con·ti·nen·tal (¦)bī-ˌkän-tə-ˈnen-tᵊl How to pronounce bicontinental (audio)

: of, relating to, or living or working on two continents (such as Europe and North America)

… one of the Soviet Union's leading physicists … faced a most modern dilemma—how to balance the needs of his new two-career, bicontinental marriage to Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of Ike.

Science, 15 June 1990

He claimed to have grown up in a sophisticated, bicontinental family …

Alice Echols, Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin, 2000

Word History

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

单词	bicontinental
释义	bicontinental adjective bi·con·ti·nen·tal (¦)bī-ˌkän-tə-ˈnen-tᵊl : of, relating to, or living or working on two continents (such as Europe and North America) … one of the Soviet Union's leading physicists … faced a most modern dilemma—how to balance the needs of his new two-career, bicontinental marriage to Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of Ike. Science, 15 June 1990 He claimed to have grown up in a sophisticated, bicontinental family … Alice Echols, Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin, 2000 Word History First Known Use 1878, in the meaning defined above
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