having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"共通の境界あるいは接線を有するさま隣接する
例:The side of Germany conterminous with France. フランスと隣接したドイツの側。