Definition of contiguous
1
: being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
the 48 contiguous states
3
: next or near in time or sequence
The fires were contiguous with the earthquake.
4
: touching or connected throughout in an unbroken sequence
contiguous row houses contiguous vineyards
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The first known use of contiguous was circa 1609
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