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coastal

Syllables: coas·tal/ˈkəʊstəl/US/ˈkoʊstəl/

coastal adjective: relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.

Adjective

coastal (comparative more coastal, superlative most coastal)

  1. Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.
    • coastal town
    • coastal breeze

Proper noun capitalized: Coastal

Coastal

  1. (informal) Coastal Carolina University.

coastal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

coastal in Hindi

relating to the coast
तटीय taṭīya, तटवर्ती taṭvartī

coastal in Tamil

கடலோர

coastal in Marathi

relating to the coast
किनारी kinārī, तटस्थ taṭastha

coastal in Urdu

coastal
ساحلی sāhilī
More languagesFewer languages
coastal in Bengali
উপকূলরক্ষী জাহাজ, উপকূলবর্তী, তটস্থ
coastal in Kannada
ಕರಾವಳಿಯ, ಸಮುದ್ರ ತೀರದ, ಸಮುದ್ರ ತಡಿಯ, ಕಡಲ ತೀರದ
coastal in Punjabi
ساحلی sāḥilī, ਸਾਹਿਲੀ sāhilī
coastal in Gujarati
તટવર્તી taṭvartī
coastal in Pashto
ساحلي

Examples of coastal in a sentence

  • Whole villages have been leveled by the hurricane coastal residents braced for.
  • These seals are a common sight in the coastal waters of Chile.
  • Folisols occur commonly in wet mountainous areas of coastal British Columbia.

All 40 example sentences with coastal

Forms of coastal

comparativemore coastal
superlativemost coastal

Origin of coastal

From coast + -al. Piecewise doublet of costal.

Words formed from coastal

Phrases with coastal

2 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with coastal

Questions about coastal

What does coastal mean?
Coastal means relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.
What is coastal in Hindi?
Coastal in Hindi is तटीय (taṭīya), तटवर्ती (taṭvartī). See Coastal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is coastal?
Coastal can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce coastal?
Coastal is pronounced /ˈkəʊstəl/ (UK).

Words near coastal in the dictionary

  1. coast to coast
  2. Coast Tsimshian
  3. coast waiter
  4. coast waiters
  5. coast-to-coast
  6. coastal
  7. Coastal Andhra
  8. coastal chinchilla
  9. coastal chinchillas
  10. coastal elite
  11. coastal elites

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: coastal (page history and authors); Coastal (page history and authors); coastal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ساحلی (Urdu) (page history and authors); coastal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coastal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ساحلی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); તટવર્તી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ساحلي (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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