coastal

[ kohs-tl ]

/ ˈkoʊs tl /

of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast: The coastal regions are inundated at high tide.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1880–85; coast + -al¹

Related formscoast·al·ly, adverb

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The trend is particularly concentrated in the coastal states where women are wealthier, more educated, and more liberal.
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The vertigo your coastal sophisticate might get from perusing 1791.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The city was founded in 1471 as a base for Moroccans to fight off the invading Portuguese, who occupied the coastal areas.
Morocco's Secret All-Blue City|Nina Strochlic|August 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Coral reefs are in decline, coastal dead zones are on the rise, and marine life is dying.
‘Mission Blue’ Warning: The Ocean Is Not Too Big to Fail|Sylvia A. Earle|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In all those places, being condemned as “bigoted” by coastal progressives is probably not going to change minds.
Red America’s Anti-Gay Backlash|Jonathan Rauch|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Although frequently enveloped in a damp fog, the Peruvian coastal towns are almost never subjected to rain.
Inca Land|Hiram Bingham
In central and northern Peru the coastal region has aspects quite different from those about Caman.
The Andes of Southern Peru|Isaiah Bowman
It is due to the fertile soil of that part of the coastal plain known as the "cotton belt."
The Red Man's Continent|Ellsworth Huntington
This they ascribe to fugitives from the coastal missions who entered the valley as refugees.
The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California|Sherburne F. Cook
The immediate need lay in the mobilization of part or all of the available forces at hand for coastal defence.
Australia in Arms|Phillip F.E. Schuler

adj.

1883, from coast (n.) + -al (1). The proper Latin form costal is used only of ribs.