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"ref": "1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 554",
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"Crossing or spanning a continent."
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "miǰmayrcʿamakʿayin",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "միջմայրցամաքային"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "mantereen ylittävä"
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
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"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "transcontinentâl"
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{
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭransḳonṭinenṭuri",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "ტრანსკონტინენტური"
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "sem fer þvert yfir meginland"
},
{
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "sem liggur þvert yfir meginland"
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "transcontinental"
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"roman": "transkontinentálʹnyj",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "miǰmayrcʿamakʿayin",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "միջմայրցամաքային"
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
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},
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "ტრანსკონტინენტური"
},
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "transkontinental"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "sem fer þvert yfir meginland"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "sem liggur þvert yfir meginland"
},
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "transcontinentale"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "transkontinental"
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "transkontinental"
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "transcontinental"
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"sense": "crossing a continent",
"word": "трансконтинента́льный"
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"ipa": "/ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/"
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