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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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continence (sexual) self-restraint. XIV. — (O)F.
continence or L.
continentia, f.
continēns,
-ent-, prp. of
continēre restrain,
CONTAIN, whence
continent self-restraining XIV; †cohering, continuous XV (†
continent land); sb. †container; †summary; continuous land, mainland XVI (spec. of Europe, Asia, etc. XVII).
Hence
continental XVIII.
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PR Newswire; 11/28/2001; 700+ words
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Six Continents Hotels Donates $1 Million to American Red Cross Disaster Relief and September 11th Funds.
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8th Continent Soymilk Goes National, Delivering the Promise of Great Taste and Good Nutrition to People Across the Country.
Business Wire; 7/10/2003; 700+ words
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Six Continents Hotels Launches Next Generation Property Management System In Asia Pacific.
PR Newswire; 1/29/2002; 700+ words
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continent
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
continent largest unit...earth . The continents include Eurasia...also part of a continent. Inclusion...extent of the continents to 35% of the...proposed the continent accretion theory where the continents have always...
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Continent
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Continent A continent is a large land mass...like cork on water. Continents, as by-products of...billion years old. Continents consist of large blocks...below sea level. Every continent is also surrounded by...
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Reconnaissance: The New Continents and Their Place in the World
Book article from: American Eras
...commerce even as the continent’s economic...honor of having the two continents of the New World named...to the newly found continents instead of Columbus...own name to the new continents. Instead that connection...the South American continent. The mapmakers justified...
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Dark Continent
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
DARK CONTINENT In The Question of Lay Analysis (1926e), Freud...all, the sexual life of adult women is a 'dark continent' for psychology" (p. 212). The evocative phrase dark continent connotes a geographic space that is murky and...
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strike-slip tectonics of the continents
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
strike-slip tectonics of the continents Ever since the San Francisco earthquake...of strike-slip faults on the continents. Some, such as the San Andreas...global tectonics, especially on continents and in the later stages of continental...
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