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quayside

American  
[kee-sahyd, key-, kwee-] / ˈkiˌsaɪd, ˈkeɪ-, ˈkwi- /

noun

  1. the area bordering and around a quay or quays.

  2. the edge of a quay where it meets the water.


quayside British  
/ ˈkiːˌsaɪd /

noun

  1. the edge of a quay along the water

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Toronto’s Quayside project is a telling example of how smart cities have failed.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2022

He now jogs along the Quayside several times a week to help with his mental health, but he also knows the area well from the time he sleeping rough.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021

Specialist police dive teams are searching the Gloucester and Sharpness canal in the Hempsted area, off Quayside Way.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2021

The project was shut down in 2020; Doctoroff said at the time that the economic uncertainty of the pandemic made Quayside financially unfeasible.

From The Verge • Dec. 16, 2021

You have to walk but from hence to the Outer Gate and the Quayside.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus