shoreline

English

Etymology

From shore +‎ line.

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Noun

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shoreline (plural shorelines)

1. The divide between land and a body of water.
2. The line on a map that illustrates this.

Derived terms

• paleoshoreline

Translations

the divide between land and water

Bulgarian: брегова ивица f (bregova ivica) Chinese: Cantonese: 海岸線／海岸线 (hoi2 ngon6 sin3) Hokkien: 海岸線／海岸线 (hái-hōaⁿ-sòaⁿ) (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou(hái-gān-sòaⁿ -Hokkien: variant in Taiwan) Mandarin: 海岸線／海岸线 (zh) (hǎi'ànxiàn), 岸線／岸线 (ànxiàn) Finnish: rantaviiva (fi) French: rivage (fr) m Greek: ακτή (el) f (aktí) Italian: battima (it) f Japanese: (of the ocean) 海岸線 (ja) (かいがんせん, kaigansen), 汀線 (ていせん, teisen) Lushootseed: ʔilgʷiɬ Maori: tahatika Norwegian: Bokmål: strandlinje m or f Nynorsk: strandlinje f, strandline f Plautdietsch: Wotakaunt (nds) f Portuguese: faixa costeira f, litoral (pt) m, cordão litoral m Spanish: orilla (es) f Turkish: kıyı şeridi (tr)

line on a map

Chinese: Cantonese: 海岸線／海岸线 (hoi2 ngon6 sin3) Hokkien: 海岸線／海岸线 (hái-hōaⁿ-sòaⁿ) (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou(hái-gān-sòaⁿ -Hokkien: variant in Taiwan) Mandarin: 海岸線／海岸线 (zh) (hǎi'ànxiàn), 岸線／岸线 (ànxiàn) Finnish: rantaviiva (fi) Portuguese: linha de costa f, linha de margem f

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