Riviera
Riviera (pronounced [riˈvjɛːra]) is an Italian word which means 'coastline',[1][2] ultimately derived from Latin rīpa, through Ligurian rivêa.[3] It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria (the Genoa region in northwestern Italy) in the form Riviera ligure, then shortened in English.
Riviera may also refer to:
Africa
[edit]- 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
[edit]Mexico
[edit]- 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
[edit]- California Riviera, Santa Barbara, California[4][5]
- Florida Riviera, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Florida Riviera, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
- Irish Riviera, Scituate, Massachusetts[6]
- the Hollywood Riviera region of Los Angeles, known for its coastal location where Hollywood elite would retreat to in the 1920’s.
Asia
[edit]- 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.[7]
- Thai Riviera, stretching from Phetchaburi to Chumphon[8]
Europe
[edit]Central
[edit]- Riviera, a skyscraper in Warsaw, Poland
Eastern
[edit]- Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, formerly part of the Red Riviera.[9]
- 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
[edit]- Albanian Riviera
- Athens Riviera, the Saronic Gulf coastline of Athens
- Budva Riviera, in Montenegro
- Italian Riviera (Riviera ligure), the coast of Liguria, northwestern Italy
- Makarska Riviera, in Croatia
- Portuguese Riviera (Riviera portuguesa, Costa do Sol or Costa do Estoril), along Estoril to the west of Lisbon
- Slovene Riviera
- Spanish Riviera (Costa del Sol), in Andalusia, southern Spain
- Turkish Riviera (Türk Rivierası), the southwestern coast of Turkey
Western
[edit]- English Riviera, Torbay[10]
- Thames Riviera, an area of London, United Kingdom that includes Tagg's Island
- French Riviera (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)
Former
[edit]- Austrian Riviera, former term used for the coastline of the defunct Austrian Empire
References
[edit]- ↑ "riviera". Chambers Concise Dictionary. New Delhi: Allied Chambers. 2004. p. 1045. ISBN 9788186062364.
- ↑ Kolb, Martina (2013). Nietzsche, Freud, Benn, and the Azure Spell of Liguria. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4426-4329-1.
- ↑ Niccoli, Alessandro (1970). "Riviera". Enciclopedia Dantesca (in Italian).
- ↑ "Visit California". Visit California. Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ↑ "Visit Santa Barbara". Visit Santa Barbara.
- ↑ "Resolution No. 2006-930". 2006.
- ↑ Prieto-Valdes, Tessa (January 7, 2017). "Hamilo Coast: Premier gateway to 'Philippine Riviera'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ↑ "A cruise along the Thai riviera". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ↑ "Red Riviera". National Geographic. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ↑ "English Riviera". English Riviera.
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