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contiguo

contiguous

adjective kon-TEE-gwoh Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Origin: From Latin contiguus, from contingere (to touch on all sides).

Also means

adjacent

Usage Note

Contiguo is a formal, written-register adjective describing things that share a border or are directly adjacent: stanze contigue (adjoining rooms), territori contigui (contiguous territories). It agrees in gender and number. In everyday speech, vicino or adiacente are far more common.

Examples

"Le due proprietà sono contigue."

Natural Translation

The two properties are adjacent.

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