coastland

noun

coast·​land ˈkōs(t)-ˌland How to pronounce coastland (audio)
Synonyms of coastlandnext
: land bordering the sea

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The verdant coastland and marshes teem with wildlife and fish, but every 100 minutes, land roughly the size of a football field vanishes under water. — Anne McClintock, Teen Vogue, 11 Feb. 2020 Glacier Bay covers a wild variety of terrains including ocean water, glaciers, mountains, temperate rainforests, rocky coastlands, and fjords. — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2019 The commission, which oversees development on about 1,100 miles of coastland, says its mission is to preserve the state’s movie-scene beaches for future use by all residents. — Anne C. Mulkern, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2019 The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland and could bring torrential rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana. — Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2021 The storm is projected to move slowly up the coastland which could dump torrential amounts of rain over several days, said meteorologist Donald Jones of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana. — Fox News, 13 Sep. 2021 Today, Tropea onions -- which bear protected geographical produce, or IGP, status -- grow on a 60-mile stretch of Calabrian coastland running from the town of Amantea down to the Capo Vaticano peninsula, below Tropea. — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 8 Oct. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coastland was in 1852

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“Coastland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coastland. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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