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RIVIERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Riviera mean?
• RIVIERA (noun)
The noun RIVIERA has 1 sense:
1. a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
Familiarity information: RIVIERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in France
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Context example:
the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular resorts
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Riviera"):
Cote d'Azur; French Riviera (the French part of the Riviera)
Holonyms ("Riviera" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
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