Adjective
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having a common boundary or edge
abutting
touching
"Rhode Island has two bordering states
Massachusetts and Conncecticut"
"the side of Germany conterminous with France"
"Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"
"neighboring cities"
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connecting without a break
within a common boundary
"the 48 conterminous states"
"the contiguous 48 states"
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very close or connected in space or time
"contiguous events"
"immediate contact"
"the immediate vicinity"
"the immediate past"