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Riviera
[ riv-ee-air-uh; Italian ree-vye-rah ]
noun
- a resort area along the Mediterranean coast, extending from Saint Tropez, in SE France, to La Spezia, in NW Italy. French Côte d'Azur.
- (often lowercase) any similar coastal resort area:
the Florida riviera.
riviera
1/ ˌrɪvɪˈɛərə /
noun
- a coastal region reminiscent of the Riviera
Riviera
2/ ˌrɪvɪˈɛərə /
noun
- the Mediterranean coastal region between Cannes, France, and La Spezia, Italy: contains some of Europe's most popular resorts
Riviera
- Narrow strip of land in southeastern France and northwestern Italy on the Mediterranean Sea , also including Monaco . Cannes , Monte Carlo , and Nice are three of its best-known towns and cities.
Notes
Word History and Origins
Origin of Riviera1
Example Sentences
Sometimes they have shared jets, as with Justin Thomas to the 2018 Genesis at Riviera in Los Angeles.
Then the locals arrived for water aerobics conducted by a Riviera coach in lurid pink-and-black Lycra to French pop.
Let there be wine, food, music, and ravishing summer landscapes from Alpine meadows to Riviera beaches.
A film based on the cartoon strips, Moomins on the Riviera, is out this year.
We went over to the Riviera coffee shop and talked with Gene Kilroy.
Dick Diver begins as the graceful, competent king of the Riviera and ends as a washed-up drunk, estranged from everyone he loves.
"It's like that out here on the Riviera," said Jane, shaking her head so gloomily that the ruffled cap wobbled.
Our way lay along the sea by the Western Riviera, one of the garden spots of the world.
The cruisers in his command were stationed along the Riviera, east and west of Genoa itself.
For the same object the coasting activity redoubled along the Riviera, from Toulon to the French front.
In these positions, both armies depended for supplies partly upon the sea, partly upon the land road along the Riviera.
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