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adjective

ˈli-tə-rəl How to pronounce littoral (audio)
Definition of littoralnext
as in coastal
of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore littoral warfare includes amphibious landings

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littoral

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noun

as in coast

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Recent Examples of littoral
Adjective
The emerging ability of sea drones to detect and disable sea mines and spot submarines was supposed to be a core feature of Navy littoral combat ships. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 In essence these are littoral mansions. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
Hailing from the peninsula’s steppe interior, mountainous east, and Black Sea littoral, this population tended to be devoutly Muslim and, for the most part, had never been fully at ease with the republic’s secularist founding project. — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024 The historical lands of the Swahili are on east Africa’s Indian Ocean littoral. — John M. Mugane, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for littoral
Recent Examples of Synonyms for littoral
  1. coastal
  2. coast
  3. offshore
  4. shoreline
  5. coastline
  6. seaboard
  7. coastland
  8. seashore
Adjective
  • In the coastal village of Quinhagak, the storm shook houses and damaged some buildings and infrastructure.
    — Samantha Watson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In his view, Party operatives, who tend to be young, coastal, and college-educated, put their own policy preferences ahead of the median voter, who is a white fiftysomething with a high-school education living in the suburbs.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of coastal
Noun
  • Much of the worry from locals came from hurricanes in past years that devastated cities along the Pacific coast.
    — MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Ryan said in order to secure the necessary late-stage labor, the project has had to pay its electricians 15% more and fly in about 60 from the east coast.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of coast
Adjective
  • The company also runs an offshore predictions platform, which was founded in 2020.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of developing another mine, operators could add more offshore collection capacity.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of offshore
Noun
  • Erosion along the 3-mile shoreline topped 60% in August and narrowed the beach to a point even Tybee lifers professed to have never seen.
    — Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • If passed, the Peanut Island plans would also feature upgrades to the old Coast Guard station, new docks and shoreline protection.
    — Wilkine Brutus, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of shoreline
Noun
  • The latest fighting represents another escalation in the long-running conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen and large portions of the country’s Red Sea coastline.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
  • It was carved by Quinhagak residents somewhere between 400 and 600 years ago and was one of thousands of cultural objects scattered along the coastline.
    — Samantha Watson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of coastline
Noun
  • The city offered a large stadium, a useful location on the eastern seaboard and an engaged venue and franchise owner.
    — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Add a day trip or two to see more of Oregon’s Pacific seaboard.
    — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of seaboard
Noun
  • Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
    — Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021
Definition of coastland
Noun
  • Though a seashore and park can be different in some respects, two laws dating to the 1970s direct the National Park Service to manage and regulate parks and seashores using the same standards.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Long after all humans have vanished from our planet, some extragalactic visitors might land gently on an empty seashore, throw a bucket into the sea and haul up samples of bacteria.
    — Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of seashore

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“Littoral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/littoral. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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