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Transcontinental Railroad
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- pronunciation:
- traenz
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noun |
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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.
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| definition 2: |
(l.c.) any railway that crosses a continent, esp. from one seaport to another.
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