rivage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rivage
1250–1300; Middle English < Middle French, equivalent to rive river 1 (< Latin rīpa riverbank) + -age -age
Example Sentences
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Instead, the game takes place in a hotel, a towering, imposing beau rivage named the Last Resort with novelty-themed floors, a fun twist for a new installment in this goofiest of survival horror franchises.
From Slate
Sur le rivage assemblez-vouz!—Karl, the coffee!—conduis ta barque avec prudence!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
The third time he was called, and came thither, and found a child beside the rivage of the river: which prayed him goodly to bear him over the water.
From The Art of the Story-Teller by Shedlock, Marie L.
La chaloupe etant retournee a bord, et aiant annonce cette nouvelle, il fut resolu que l'on iroit chercher plus avant dans les terres, et le long du rivage.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker
The third time he was called and came thither, and found a child beside the rivage of the river, which prayed him goodly to bear him over the water.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Wells, Philip P.
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