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Transcontinental Railroad

 
pronunciation:
traenz kan t nen tl rael rod
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the U.S. railway completed in 1869 that was the first one to connect cities of the Atlantic coast with those of the Pacific coast.
definition 2: (l.c.) any railway that crosses a continent, esp. from one seaport to another.