shoreline

English

Etymology

shore +‎ line

Noun

shoreline (plural shorelines)

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

Derived terms

paleoshoreline

Translations

the divide between land and water

Bulgarian: брегова ивица f (bregova ivica)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 海岸線／海岸线 (hoi² ngon⁶ sin³)

Hokkien: 海岸線／海岸线 (hái-hōaⁿ-sòaⁿ) (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou(hái-gān-sòaⁿ -Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)

Mandarin: 海岸線／海岸线 (zh) (hǎi'ànxiàn), 岸線／岸线 (ànxiàn)
Finnish: rantaviiva (fi)
French: rivage (fr) m
Greek: ακτή (el) f (aktí)
Italian: battima (it) f
Japanese: (of the ocean) 海岸線 (ja) (かいがんせん, kaigansen), 汀線 (ていせん, teisen)
Lushootseed: ʔilgʷiɬ
Maori: tahatika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: strandlinje m or f

Nynorsk: strandlinje f, strandline f
Plautdietsch: Wotakaunt (nds) f
Portuguese: faixa costeira f, litoral (pt) m, cordão litoral m
Spanish: orilla (es) f
Turkish: kıyı şeridi

line on a map

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: rantaviiva (fi)
Portuguese: linha de costa f, linha de margem f

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