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seacoast

sea·coast

US/ˈsiˌkoʊst/ uncommon

noun

1.

the shore of a sea or ocean

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From Middle English see-cost, see-coste, see coost, equivalent to sea + coast. Compare West Frisian seekoast (“seacoast”), Dutch zeekust (“seacoast”), German Seeküste (“seacoast”).

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