littoral
pronunciation
How to pronounce littoral in British English:
UK [ˈlɪtərəl]
How to pronounce littoral in American English:
US [ˈlɪtərəl]
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- Noun:
- the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to a coastal or shore region
Word Origin
- littoral (adj.)
- "pertaining to the seashore," 1650s, from Latin littoralis "of or belonging to the seashore," from litus (genitive litoris) "seashore" (compare Lido), of unknown origin, possibly from PIE root *lei- "to flow." The noun is first recorded 1828, from Italian littorale, originally an adjective, from Latin littoralis.
Example
- 1. New ships , including a destroyer , a littoral combat ship and an ocean surveillance ship
- 2. Ideally , this would take the form of a multilateral settlement of the competing territorial claims of the littoral states .
- 3. Asia 's modern " miracle " - economies plugged into globalised networks of supply and demand-is essentially a littoral story too , even when it falters , as now .
- 4. The shorthand for all this , the " asian miracle " , used to be a littoral phenomenon , confined to east and south-east asia and tied via the shipping container to western markets .
- 5. America 's navy , for example , has ordered 150 gliders from teledyne webb 's sister company , teledyne brown , for what it calls its littoral battlespace sensing-glider programme .