kontinentāls

From kontinents (“continent”) +‎ -āls. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another European language.

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kontinentāls (definite kontinentālais, comparative kontinentālāks, superlative viskontinentālākais, adverb kontinentāli)

1. continental (typical of, relating to, continents)

   kontinentālā Eiropa ― continental Europe

   Āzijas kontinentālās valstis ― Asia's continental, mainland countries

   kontinentālas nogulas ― continental deposits, sediments

   kontinentālais ledājs ― continental glacier

2. continental (found in, typical of, the interior region of a continent, far from the coast)

   kontinentāls klimats ― continental climate

   kontinentāls apgabals ― continental region