seaside
noun
the land along the sea; seacoast.
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seaside
1 American
[see-sahyd]
/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /
noun
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seasides
plural
adjective
Seaside
2
American
[see-sahyd]
/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /
noun
seaside
British
/ ˈsiːˌsaɪd /
noun
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Etymology
Origin of seaside
First recorded in 1175–1225, seaside is from the Middle English word seeside. See sea, side 1
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To appreciate seaside La Jolla, rent a kayak at La Jolla Shores, tiptoe through tidepools along Coast Boulevard or bathe in surfer vibes at Windansea Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
As we wound our way down the seaside road, the waters were calm and pristine beside us.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
As we gathered for breakfast at a seaside hotel in Newport, R.I.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
They were once at the heart of Scotland's economic prosperity, first through herring fishing and transatlantic trade, then shipbuilding and engineering, while nearby Gourock was a popular Victorian seaside resort.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
In March of 1960 seventeen-year-old Bobby flew to Mar del Plata, the seaside resort on Argentina’s Atlantic coast, south of Buenos Aires.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Robert Davis, founder of Seaside, Florida, which was used to film The Truman Show, highlighted influences that included the Regency designs of Bath, Renaissance Siena and the ideas of King Charles.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Seaside and coastal towns often have older populations with more complex health needs, while at the same time local NHS services can suffer from recruitment problems, leaving staffing gaps where they are needed most.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
He invited Huskins and Quinn to speak to law enforcement in Seaside to share their belief that police interrogation methods that focused on Quinn’s guilt had sent the investigation down the wrong road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Snag a cronut at the 24-hour Seaside Donuts Bakery or an açai bowl and a Nutella croissant at the Newport Coffee Co., which opens at 6:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
Running down the wooden steps at Seaside, I see Ronan at the water’s edge.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Wales’ dramatic mountains and seasides can stand in as fantastical locations, like in “House of the Dragon” or “His Dark Materials.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
There are no seasides in Albuquerque, New Mexico, making the beach a bright postcard fantasy of an ending that, while tragic, would have been a premeditated act, one final exertion of control.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2022
And like the gender-segregated seasides of the Victorian era, everyone, as far as the eye can see, is a woman.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2016
Bridget had scoured and scrubbed and polished windows largely to pass away time, for the people next door had been away as well and the maids on a vacation earning money at seasides.
From A Modern Cinderella by Amanda Minnie Douglas
I came," he says, "to swallow priceless ozone Under Britannia's elemental spell; She rules the waves, as all her conquered foes own; I wish she ruled her seasides half as well.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 by Various
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