Continental may refer to:
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Continent
A continent is any of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven geographical regions are commonly regarded as continents. Ordered from largest in area to smallest, these seven ...
, the major landmasses of Earth
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Continental, Arizona
Continental is a populated place located about south of Tucson, in Pima County, Arizona, near the town of Sahuarita and the retirement community of Green Valley. Once a center for cotton production, Continental is now nearly surrounded by large ...
, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US
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Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US
Arts and entertainment
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''Continental'' (album), an album by Saint Etienne
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Continental (card game), a rummy-style card game
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''Continental'' (film), a 2013 film
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Continental Singers
Continental Singers, Inc (also simply called, "The Continentals") was an evangelical Christian nonprofit organization based in Ventura, California. It was founded in 1967 with a mission to, "Advance the kingdom of Jesus Christ around the world th ...
, a
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely aro ...
organization
Companies
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Continental AG
Continental AG, commonly known as Continental or colloquially as Conti, is a German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company specializing in tires, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis com ...
, a German automotive parts and technologies manufacturer
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Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines, simply known as Continental, was a major United States airline founded in 1934 and eventually headquartered in Houston, Texas. It had ownership interests and brand partnerships with several carriers.
Continental started ...
, a former American airline
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Continental Electronics
Continental Electronics is an American manufacturer of broadcast and military radio transmitters, based in Dallas, Texas. Although Continental today is best known for its FM, shortwave, and military VLF transmitters, Continental is most signi ...
, an American radio transmitter manufacturer
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Continental Films
Continental Films was a German-controlled French film production company. It stood as the sole authorized film production organization in Nazi-occupied France.
Established in October 1940, it was entirely bankrolled by the German government, and ...
, a German-controlled French film company during the Nazi occupation of France
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Continental Illinois
The Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company was at one time the seventh-largest commercial bank in the United States as measured by deposits, with approximately $40 billion in assets. In 1984, Continental Illinois became the largest ...
, a defunct large bank
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Continental Mortgage and Loan Company (later known as Continental, Inc.), the former name of HomeStreet Bank
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Continental Motors, Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of aircraft engines
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Continental Records, a former American record company
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Grupo Continental (Honduras), a group of companies in Honduras
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ContiGroup Companies
ContiGroup Companies, Inc (CGC) was founded by Simon Fribourg in Arlon, Belgium, in 1813 as a grain-trading firm. Formerly known as Continental Grain, ContiGroup has expanded into a multinational corporation with offices and facilities in 10 co ...
or Continental Grain
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Continental Oil Company
Conoco Inc. ( ) was an American oil and gas company that operated from 1875 until 2002, when it merged with Phillips Petroleum to form ConocoPhillips. Founded by Isaac Elder Blake in 1875 as the "Continental Oil and Transportation Company". Curre ...
, the original name for ConocoPhillips
Automobile
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Continental Automobile Manufacturing Company, a defunct American automobile manufacturer in New Haven, Connecticut (1907–08)
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Continental Motors Company
Continental Motors Company was an American manufacturer of internal combustion engines. The company produced engines as a supplier to many independent manufacturers of automobiles, tractors, trucks, and stationary equipment (such as pumps, gen ...
, a defunct American automobile engine manufacturer
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Continental Motor Car Company
Continental may refer to:
Places
* Continent, the major landmasses of Earth
* Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US
* Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US
Arts and entertainment
* ''Continental'' ( ...
, a defunct
American automobile manufacturer in Springfield, Illinois (1903)
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Continental Automobile Company
Continental may refer to:
Places
* Continent, the major landmasses of Earth
* Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US
* Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US
Arts and entertainment
* ''Continental'' ( ...
, a defunct
American automobile manufacturer in Grand Rapids, Michigan (1933–1934)
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Continental Motor Car Company
Continental may refer to:
Places
* Continent, the major landmasses of Earth
* Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US
* Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US
Arts and entertainment
* ''Continental'' ( ...
, a defunct
American automobile manufacturer in Chicago, Illinois (1907)
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Continental Tire
Continental AG, commonly known as Continental or colloquially as Conti, is a German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company specializing in tires, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis c ...
, a method of affixing a spare tire to many personal luxury vehicles
Automobile models
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Bentley Continental
Bentley Continental refers to several models of cars produced by Bentley Motors. Originally, it referred to a special chassis for engines more powerful than the usual offering, supplied to a selected number of coachbuilders for the fitting of v ...
, several generations of luxury automobiles since 1952
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Continental Mark Series, a series of popular
personal luxury cars produced by the Lincoln Motor Company
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De Vaux Continental
The Continental De Vaux was an automobile produced by the ''Continental-De Vaux Company'' in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In April 1931, De Vaux-Hall Motors started production of an automobile based on the defunct Durant (automobile). Norman de vau ...
, by the Continental-De Vaux Company
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Lincoln Continental
The Lincoln Continental is a series of mid-sized and full-sized luxury cars produced by Lincoln, a division of the American automaker Ford Motor Company. The model line was introduced following the construction of a personal vehicle for Eds ...
, a series of luxury cars by Lincoln
* Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental, a version of the
Rolls-Royce Phantom II
The Rolls-Royce Phantom II was the third and last of Rolls-Royce's 40/50 hp models, replacing the New Phantom in 1929. It used an improved version of the Phantom I engine in an all-new chassis. A "Continental" version, with a short wheel ...
Other uses
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Continental (brand), a brand of foods used by Unilever in Australia
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Continental (currency), paper money issued by the US government during the American Revolution
* Continental, a group in the Sri Lankan grading system for the
cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus '' Cinnamomum''. Cinnamon is used mainly as an aromatic condiment and flavouring additive in a wide variety of cuisines, sweet and savoury dishes, brea ...
quills
See also
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Continental Army, the unified command structure of the 13 colonies fighting Great Britain during the American Revolution
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Continental Can Company
Continental Can Company (CCC) was an American producer of metal containers and packaging company, that was based in Stamford, Connecticut."CONTINENTAL GROUP COMPANY." ''International Directory of Company Histories''. Ed. Thomas Derdak. Vol. 1. Chic ...
(1904–76), a United States metal container manufacturer
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Continental climate
Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in the middle latitudes (40 to 55 north), within large landmasses where prevailing winds blow overland bringing so ...
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Continental Europe
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Continental food or Continental cuisine, European/Western-style food/cuisine
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Continental glacier
In glaciology, an ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than . The only current ice sheets are in Antarctica and Greenland; during the Last Glacial Period at L ...
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Continental knitting
Knitting with the yarn in one's left hand is commonly referred to as Continental knitting, German knitting, European knitting, or left-hand knitting. Unlike English knitting, the yarn is held in the left hand; the motion of bringing the yarn forw ...
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Continental philosophy
Continental philosophy is a term used to describe some philosophers and philosophical traditions that do not fall under the umbrella of analytic philosophy. However, there is no academic consensus on the definition of continental philosophy. Prio ...
, a 20th-century school of philosophy based mostly on texts by French and German philosophers
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Continental stitch or tent stitch, a needlepoint stitch worked on canvas
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Continental tire
Continental AG, commonly known as Continental or colloquially as Conti, is a German multinational automotive parts manufacturing company specializing in tires, brake systems, interior electronics, automotive safety, powertrain and chassis c ...
, an upright, external spare tire mounted behind an automobile's trunk compartment
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The Continental (disambiguation)
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Hotel Continental (disambiguation)
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Transcontinental (disambiguation)
Transcontinental may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Transcontinental", a song by the band Pedro the Lion from the album ''Achilles Heel''
* TC Transcontinental, a publishing, media and marketing company based in Canada, a subsidiary o ...
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Intercontinental (disambiguation)
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