seaside
noun
the land along the sea; seacoast.
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seaside
1 American
[see-sahyd]
/ ˈsiˌsaɪd /
noun
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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“Go Gentle, “Almost Life,” “New Skin” and “The Summer Boy” are just a few of our summer book picks filled with secrets, scandals and seaside romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But in France, Marielle Mourgeon was among 4,000 people forced to cut holidays short in the seaside village of Lacanau, near Bordeaux, after authorities ordered camping sites evacuates as a precaution.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Plans to build an Islamic religious site in Fujisawa, a laid-back seaside town about an hour's drive south of Tokyo, have sparked a wide range of emotions.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
His cherry-red Jaguar, Italian suits, designer eyewear and seaside mansion made Reilly an influencer before there even was such a thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The reckless passion of the heroine, Arabella, for a wicked foreign count is punished by ill fortune when she contracts cholera during an impetuous dash toward a seaside town with her intended.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
More than 800 residents are now part of a local "fly infestation" Facebook group, with people reporting issues in the Seaside, Morfa and Tyisha areas of the south-west Wales town.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
The six beaches also received a Seaside Award - along with Bournemouth, Boscombe and Avon Beach - which recognises beaches that offer a high-quality, well-managed and clean environment.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
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
“Words can’t describe what it feels like to be supported in that way,” Huskins said at a news conference in Seaside on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
The next day, when I arrive at Seaside, Brandy and Tressa are heading to Sundae School, a fancy ice cream place.
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
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
During the sweltering summer of that year, the Times' people carried to shady groves and seasides tens of thousands of children who, for the first time, saw running streams and green fields.
From Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. by Young, Duncan McNeill
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