@SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 days ago"The Continental United States" should include Alaska since it's still a part of the same continent, but common usage of the phrase seems to exclude it anyway.message-square4fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down18
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-square"The Continental United States" should include Alaska since it's still a part of the same continent, but common usage of the phrase seems to exclude it anyway.@SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 2 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareteftlinkfedilinkEnglish17•2 days ago The related but distinct term continental United States includes Alaska, which is also on North America, but separated from the 48 states by British Columbia in Canada, but excludes Hawaii and all the insular areas in the Caribbean and the Pacific. That’s because continental USA includes Alaska. You’re thinking of contiguous or conterminous USA.
That’s because continental USA includes Alaska. You’re thinking of contiguous or conterminous USA.