coastal

[ kohs-tl ]

/ ˈkoʊs tl /

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adjective

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

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In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of coastal

First recorded in 1880–85; coast + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM coastal

coast·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby coastal

coast range, coast redwood, coast rhododendron, coast-guard cutter, coast-to-coast, coastal, coastal plain, coasteering, coaster, coaster brake, coastguard

Example sentences from the Web for coastal

The trend is particularly concentrated in the coastal states where women are wealthier, more educated, and more liberal.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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