Synonyms

coastal

American

[kohs-tl] / ˈkoʊs tl /

adjective

of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast.

The coastal regions are inundated at high tide.

Other Word Forms

coastally adverb

Etymology

Origin of coastal

First recorded in 1880–85; coast + -al ¹

Example Sentences

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AFP reporters saw the men -- including one in a wheelchair -- exiting the airport of Durban, in the coastal KwaZulu-Natal province, with their luggage and escorted by police to a holding area.

From Barron's

Trematosaurids are especially significant because their fossils appear in coastal rock deposits formed less than 1 million years after the end-Permian mass extinction.

From Science Daily

Bodo is a small coastal city north of the Arctic circle, which many would struggle to find on a map, with only 50,000 inhabitants.

From Barron's

It currently handles coastal surveillance and is staffed by some 160 members of Japan's self-defence force.

From BBC

However, Dan said some coastal areas had bucked the wider Welsh trend.

From BBC

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