intercontinental

adjective in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal \ˌin-tər-ˌkän-tə-ˈnen-t^əl\

: traveling or occurring between continents

: capable of traveling from one continent to another

Full Definition of INTERCONTINENTAL

: extending among continents or carried on between continents

: capable of traveling between continents <intercontinental ballistic missile>

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circa 1855

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