noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
extending in a row; stretching continuously
Archaic literary term describing things that extend in an unbroken line, such as mountain ranges, buildings, or processions. Not used in modern everyday Japanese.
古い地誌には、山脈が連亘すると記されている。
Old geographical records state that the mountain range extends continuously.
Archaic kanji form; the character 亘 is not in common use. The variant 聯亙 is even rarer.
Extremely rare archaic variant using old-form characters.
Compound of 連 (ren, 'link') and 亘 (kō, 'extend across'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now archaic.