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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: contiguus, from contingere; CONTINGENT1

contiguous

 adjective
     
con‧tig‧u‧ous formal
next to something, or next to each other:
America's 48 contiguous states
—contiguously adverb
—contiguity noun [uncountable]
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