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intercolonial, a.|ˌɪntəkəʊˈləʊnɪəl|
[f. inter- 4 c + colonial. Cf. F. intercolonial (1871 in Littré Suppl.).]
Existing, carried on, etc. between different colonies.
1843J. Osborne Guide Madeiras 199 (heading) Inter⁓colonial voyages. 1859Cornwallis New World I. 319 Half-a-dozen other inter-colonial steamers. 1864Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 800/2 The outbreak of an angry intercolonial quarrel between Victoria and New South Wales. 1881Times 31 Dec. 9/4 The attitude of the Natal colonists was..inconsistent with an intercolonial union. 1905Daily Chron. 14 July 5/5 The Intercolonial Railway to Montreal.
Hence intercoˈlonially, adv.
1855in Hyde Clarke Eng. Dict. |