corniche
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of corniche
1830–40; < French, by ellipsis from route de corniche, route en corniche ( corniche rock ledge < Italian; see cornice)
Example Sentences
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Luna El Bizri, the owner of Luna Pharm, the store destroyed in the attack, said her pharmacy’s neighborhood of Ain al-Mraiseh along Beirut’s seaside corniche had always been a haven.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
"It's like the sea. We used to go for long scenic drives on the corniche, but now we're losing both the sea and the tram," Abdelwahab said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The corniche - which was at the heart of night life where friends and lovers used to meet - is no longer as bustling as it used to be.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
People joked that you could drive from a Christian coastal city at 6 p.m. and reach Beirut’s corniche at 5:30 p.m.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
The lion in the path, however, is Cape Girâo, which would cost a treasure to 'tunnel' or to cut into a corniche.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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