seacoast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English see-cost, see-coste, see coost, equivalent to sea +‎ coast. Compare West Frisian seekoast (seacoast), Dutch zeekust (seacoast), German Seeküste (seacoast).

Noun[edit]

seacoast (plural seacoasts)

  1. the coastal land bordering a sea or ocean

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