Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A narrow coastal region between the Alps and the Mediterranean Sea extending from southeast France to northwest Italy. The Riviera, known as the Côte d'Azur in France, is a popular resort area noted for its flowers grown for use in perfumery.
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- proper noun The
coastal area of southernFrance and north-westernItaly betweenCannes andLa Spezia
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- noun a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
Etymologies
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By definition, Riviera is an Italian term originally from the Middle Ages for the coast of Liguria.
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Los Ayala, on Mexico's Nayarit Riviera, is just now beginning to be discovered by foreign tourists.
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Lo de Marcos on the Nayarit Riviera is agenuinely Mexican town with a wide beach of soft, almost white sand.
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The last and probably the most popular resort destination, located in the center of the Mexican Riviera, is Puerto Vallarta; home of nearly 50,000 North Americans.
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Los Ayala, on Mexico's Nayarit Riviera, is just now beginning to be discovered as a tropical beach destination by foreign tourists.
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The Italian Riviera is a good choice for its proximity to chez nous, * for its gastronomy, for its seaside allure and for an exotic change of scenery.
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The tragedies began about the time she made the switch from public school in Riviera Beach, Fla., a tough area, to Benjamin, an exclusive private school.
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The whole Mayan Riviera is a tourist destination and is multi-lingual with english the most common second or third language.
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The whole Mayan Riviera is a tourist destination and is multi-lingual with english the most common second or third language.
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The whole Mayan Riviera is a tourist destination and is multi-lingual with english the most common second or third language.
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