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noun the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
adjective of or relating to a coastal or shore region
originFrom Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, Portuguese litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0