Riviera

{{lang|it|'''Riviera'''}} ({{IPA|it|riˈvjɛːra|pron}}) is an Italian word which means {{gloss|coastline}},<ref name="Chambers">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=riviera |encyclopedia=Chambers Concise Dictionary |year=2004 |publisher=Allied Chambers |location=New Delhi |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=iwWuY9tAVq8C&pg=PA1045 1045] |isbn = 9788186062364}}</ref><ref name="Kolb">{{Cite book|first=Martina |last=Kolb |year=2013 |title=Nietzsche, Freud, Benn, and the Azure Spell of Liguria |location=Toronto, Ontario |publisher=University of Toronto Press |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=I03va9L2GuoC&pg=PA30 30] |isbn=978-1-4426-4329-1 }}</ref> ultimately derived from Latin {{lang|la|rīpa}}, through Ligurian {{lang|lij|rivêa}}.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Riviera|year=1970|last=Niccoli |first=Alessandro |language=it |encyclopedia=Enciclopedia Dantesca |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/riviera_%28Enciclopedia-Dantesca%29/}}</ref> It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria (the Genoa region in northwestern Italy) in the form {{lang|it|Riviera ligure}}, then shortened in English.

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==Africa== *Kalk Bay Riviera (''Riviera Kalk Bay'' or ''Coasta Kalk''), to the west of Cape Town, South Africa * Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt

==North America== ===Mexico=== *Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula *Mexican Riviera, the southwestern coast of Mexico, including Acapulco *Riviera Nayarit, another part of Pacific coast of Mexico

===United States=== * California Riviera, Santa Barbara, California<ref>{{cite web|website=Visit California|url=http://www.visitcalifornia.com/trip/pacific-coast-highway-south|title=Visit California|access-date=2018-05-01|archive-date=2019-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426100214/https://www.visitcalifornia.com/trip/pacific-coast-highway-south|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Visit Santa Barbara|url=https://santabarbaraca.com/|title=Visit Santa Barbara}}</ref> * Florida Riviera, Fort Lauderdale, Florida * Florida Riviera, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida * Irish Riviera, Scituate, Massachusetts<ref>{{cite web | url = http://docucentre.sibfl.net/WebLink/0/doc/61156/Page1.aspx | title = Resolution No. 2006-930 | year = 2006}}</ref> * the Hollywood Riviera region of Los Angeles, known for its coastal location where Hollywood elite would retreat to in the 1920’s.

==Asia== *Bengali Riviera, coastal region in Cox's Bazar and St. Martin's Island in Bangladesh *Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai, China *Philippine Riviera, often used to refer to northern coasts of Nasugbu, near Manila, including Punta Fuego and Hamilo Coast.<ref name="news article">{{cite news |last1=Prieto-Valdes |first1=Tessa |title=Hamilo Coast: Premier gateway to ‘Philippine Riviera’ |url=https://business.inquirer.net/222585/hamilo-coast-premier-gateway-philippine-riviera |access-date=July 5, 2023 |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=January 7, 2017}}</ref> *Thai Riviera, stretching from Phetchaburi to Chumphon<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |title=A cruise along the Thai riviera |language=en |work=Bangkok Post |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/2273175/a-cruise-along-the-thai-riviera |access-date=2023-08-30}}</ref>

==Europe== ===Western=== * English Riviera, Torbay<ref>{{cite web|website=English Riviera|url=http://www.englishriviera.co.uk|title=English Riviera}}</ref> * Thames Riviera, an area of London, United Kingdom that includes Tagg's Island * French Riviera ({{lang|fr|Côte d'Azur}}), the southeastern coast of France * Swiss Riviera, on Lake Geneva, also known as ''Riviera vaudoise'' (Swiss Riviera may also refer to Quinten on the northern shore of Lake Walen)

===Eastern=== * Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, formerly part of the Red Riviera.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/red-riviera|title=Red Riviera|work=National Geographic|access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> * Caucasian Riviera, of Russia and Georgia * Southern Coast of Crimea, also known as "Crimean Riviera" * Jurmala near Riga in Latvia, once known as the Baltic Riviera

===Southern=== * Albanian Riviera * Athens Riviera, the Saronic Gulf coastline of Athens * Budva Riviera, in Montenegro * Italian Riviera ({{lang|it|Riviera ligure}}), the coast of Liguria, northwestern Italy * Makarska Riviera, in Croatia * Portuguese Riviera ({{lang|pt|Riviera portuguesa}}, {{lang|pt|Costa do Sol}} or {{lang|pt|Costa do Estoril}}), along Estoril to the west of Lisbon * Slovene Riviera * Spanish Riviera ({{lang|es|Costa del Sol}}), in Andalusia, southern Spain * Turkish Riviera ({{lang|tr|Türk Rivierası}}), the southwestern coast of Turkey

==Former== * Austrian Riviera, ''former'' term used for the coastline of the defunct Austrian Empire

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Italian words and phrases Category:Coasts