shoreline

English

Etymology

From shore +‎ line.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shoreline (plural shorelines)

1. The divide between land and a body of water.
2. The line on a map that illustrates this.

Derived terms

• paleoshoreline

Translations

the divide between land and water

• Bulgarian: брегова ивица f (bregova ivica)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海岸線 / 海岸线 (hoi² ngon⁶ sin³)

  Hokkien: 海岸線 / 海岸线 (hái-hōaⁿ-sòaⁿ) (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou(hái-gān-sòaⁿ -Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)

  Mandarin: 海岸線 / 海岸线 (zh) (hǎi'ànxiàn), 岸線 / 岸线 (ànxiàn)

• Finnish: rantaviiva (fi)
• French: rivage (fr) m
• Greek: ακτή (el) f (aktí)
• Italian: battima (it) f
• Japanese: (of the ocean) 海岸線 (ja) (かいがんせん, kaigansen), 汀線 (ていせん, teisen)
• Lushootseed: ʔilgʷiɬ
• Maori: tahatika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strandlinje m or f

  Nynorsk: strandlinje f, strandline f

• Plautdietsch: Wotakaunt (nds) f
• Portuguese: faixa costeira f, litoral (pt) m, cordão litoral m
• Spanish: orilla (es) f
• Turkish: kıyı şeridi (tr)

line on a map

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海岸線 / 海岸线 (hoi² ngon⁶ sin³)

  Hokkien: 海岸線 / 海岸线 (hái-hōaⁿ-sòaⁿ) (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou(hái-gān-sòaⁿ -Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)

  Mandarin: 海岸線 / 海岸线 (zh) (hǎi'ànxiàn), 岸線 / 岸线 (ànxiàn)

• Finnish: rantaviiva (fi)
• Portuguese: linha de costa f, linha de margem f

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