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Complete Definition of "littoral"

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English

Etymology
From L. littoralis, from litus (genitif of litoris).

Adjective
en-adj

  1. of, or related to the shore, especially the seashore

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. a shore
  2. the zone between high tide and low tide

Quotations
"...these Chams belonged to the Malay-Polynesian group and their distribution along the littoral suggests that they were invaders from the sea..." —Sir Charles Eliot (1921)


French
Etymology
From L. littoralis, from litus (genitif of litoris).

Adjective
fr-adj|mplural=littoraux
littoral, coastal

Noun
fr-noun|m

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