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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
  • Al Sharaa reached an agreement with Moscow just days ago over two key Russian outposts in Syria; the Mediterranean coastal bases will be transferred to Syrian control.
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities also issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move to higher ground, but later lifted the warning when Indonesia’s meteorological agency said monitoring showed no significant sea-level change.
    — Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of coastal
Noun
  • With France experiencing its driest year ever, a new fire raced through woodlands overnight in the Landes region on the southwest coast.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And that’s without factoring in what had, until my most recent visit to this bit of the Lincolnshire coast in 2024, been a hidden gem.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of coast
Adjective
  • That makes ports, naval bases, offshore installations, subsea cables and maritime chokepoints particularly interesting targets for persistent surveillance.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • China’s State Taxation Administration is conducting large-scale training for local tax officers to align on how the levy on offshore trusts – some of them set up decades ago – should be applied, according to several onshore and offshore tax lawyers.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of offshore
Noun
  • Araghchi referred to the more limited and temporary arrangement for Hormuz being negotiated with Oman, which borders its southern shoreline.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • More than a week later, another beaver bit a 19-year-old man fishing from the park’s shoreline on Wednesday.
    — Maia Nehme, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of shoreline
Noun
  • Analysts say the Houthis appear to be mobilizing for an offensive that would aim to take more of the Red Sea coastline.
    — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Scientists have recorded 27 million metric tons of self-sustaining sargassum, a seaweed, along the coastlines of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, according to this recent Times article.
    — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of coastline
Noun
  • Cadillac Mountain At 1,530 feet, Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the United States and one of Acadia’s most iconic destinations.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2026
  • In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands.
    — jeanne malle, Air Mail, 4 July 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
  • Located right next to the bustling New England town of Bar Harbor, Acadia has a rugged seashore, great rock climbing opportunities, and more than enough hiking, camping, and paddling to go around.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
  • The painting shows a castle atop a giant, floating rock, hanging before a partly cloudy sky over a seashore, and has resided at the museum since 1985.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 9 June 2026
Definition of seashore

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