shoreline

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

shore +‎ line

NounEdit

shoreline (plural shorelines)

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

TranslationsEdit

the divide between land and water

• French: rivage (fr) m
• Greek: ακτή (el) f (aktí)
• Japanese: (of the ocean) 海岸線 (かいがんせん, kaigansen), 汀線 (ていせん, teisen)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: strandlinje m, f

  Nynorsk: strandlinje f, strandline f

• Spanish: orilla (es) f