continental

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective 1 (also Continental) [onlybeforenoun] (BrE) of or in the continent of Europe, not including Britain and Ireland: a popular continental holiday resort * Britain's continental neighbours 2 (BrE) following the customs of countries in western and southern Europe: a continental lifestyle * The shutters and the balconies make the street look almost continental. 3 [onlybeforenoun] connected with the main part of the N American continent: Prices are often higher in Hawaii than in the continental United States. 4 forming part of, or typical of, any of the seven main land masses of the earth: continental Antarctica / Asia / Europe * to study continental geography noun (BrE, often disapproving) a person who lives in the continent of Europe: The continentals have never understood our preference for warm beer.