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corniche

/kɔːˈniːʃ/US/kɔːɹˈniːʃ/

corniche noun: a road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).

corniche: a road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc)
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Noun

corniche (plural corniches)

  1. A road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
    • For local color, Fridays on Jiddah's corniche along the Red Sea is hard to beat.1987 October, Marianne Alireza, “Women of Saudi Arabia”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 434

corniche meaning in Hindi

corniche in Hindi

road built on a ledge, especially by water
कोर्नीश kornīś

Forms of corniche

pluralcorniches

Origin of corniche

From French corniche (“ledge”). See also cornice.

Words that rhyme with corniche

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Questions about corniche

What does corniche mean?
Corniche means a road built on a ledge (cliff), especially along water (a river, sea, etc).
What is corniche in Hindi?
Corniche in Hindi is कोर्नीश (kornīś). See Corniche meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is corniche?
Corniche is a noun.
How do you pronounce corniche?
Corniche is pronounced /kɔːˈniːʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of corniche?
The plural of corniche is corniches.

Words near corniche in the dictionary

  1. corniced
  2. corniceline
  3. cornicelines
  4. cornices
  5. cornicework
  6. corniche
  7. corniches
  8. cornichon
  9. cornichons
  10. cornicing
  11. cornicings

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