bicontinental

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English

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Etymology

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From bi- +‎ continental.

Adjective

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bicontinental (not comparable)

  1. Spanning or pertaining to two continents.
    • 2009 June 7, Deborah Sontag, “The Intersection of Islam, America and Identity”, in New York Times[1]:
      After a long courtship over the telephone, Asma Ahmed, a painter in Karachi, Pakistan, married her fiancé, Rafi-uddin Shikoh, a business consultant in New York, in a bicontinental wedding by Webcam.