Littoral Definition

lĭtər-əl
adjective
Of, on, or along the shore, esp. a seashore.
Webster's New World
Designating or of the intertidal ecological zone along the shore.
Webster's New World
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noun
A region along the shore.
Webster's New World
The region or zone between the limits of high and low tides.
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Other Word Forms of Littoral

Noun

Singular:
littoral
Plural:
littorals

Origin of Littoral

  • From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found.

    From Wiktionary

  • Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool"), via Italian lido (“beach, shore").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin lītorālis from lītus lītor- shore N., from Italian littorale from Latin lītorālis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Littoral Sentence Examples

  • The tea plant thrives and is being planted fairly rapidly on the Black Sea littoral in Transcaucasia.

  • To the former belong the Black Sea littoral, where the rainfall averages 59 to 93 in.

  • In an unsuccessful war against the Croats (1322-26), from which Venice derived the sole advantage, the ban appears to have learned the value of sea-power; immediately afterwards he occupied the principality of Ilium and the Dalmatian littoral between Spalato and the river Narenta.

  • The crocodile and cayman occur in the swampy littoral of the south.

  • The southern littoral is also (except in sheltered points such as Santiago, which is one of the hottest cities of the island) somewhat cooler than the northern.

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Words Starting With

LLILIT

Words Ending With

LALRAL

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With L and Ending With L

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With L8 Letter Words Ending With L