coastland

[ kohst-land ]

noun

1. land along a coast; seacoast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coastland¹

First recorded in 1850–55; coast + land

Example Sentences

Chicha was essential to the Inca, for whom it was a fundamental domestic product, traded from coastland to inland, up and down the continent.

From Seattle Times

The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

From Fox News

The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, La.

From Seattle Times

She has another house in Hawaii — “on the Big Island, where I live four months of the year” — and another on 100 acres of untrammeled California coastland.

From New York Times

From sustainable energy and agriculture, to carbon sequestration and protective coastlands, the ocean brims with climate solutions, argues marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

From Nature

Related Words

• bank
• beach
• border
• coast
• riverbank
• sand
• seaboard
• seashore
• waterfront