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Continent

/kˈɑntənənt/
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(noun) One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and the islands on them.

Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.
Migrants from the continent crossed the Japan sea.
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Britain is separated from the ____ by the Channel.

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