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riparian

UK/ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/

riparian adjective: of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.

riparian: of or relating to the bank of a river or stream
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Adjective

riparian (comparative more riparian, superlative most riparian)

  1. Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
    • By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach.1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 112
    • A kingfisher, an airborne jewel, whirrs past, stickleback in its beak, and disappears into a thicket of riparian willow.2011 May 28, Jim Perrin, The Guardian

Noun

riparian (plural riparians)

  1. A person or other entity that lives or owns property along the shore of a river.

riparian meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Kannada

riparian in Hindi

of or pertaining to a riverbank
तटवर्ती taṭvartī, तटीय taṭīya

riparian in Urdu

دریا کے کنارے والا

riparian in Kannada

ನದೀ ತೀರದ, ನದಿತೀರದ ಮೇಲಿನ, ಹೊಳೆಬದಿಯ

Forms of riparian

Adjective
comparativemore riparian
superlativemost riparian
Noun
pluralriparians

Origin of riparian

Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.

Words formed from riparian

Phrases with riparian

Questions about riparian

What does riparian mean?
Riparian means of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
What is riparian in Hindi?
Riparian in Hindi is तटवर्ती (taṭvartī), तटीय (taṭīya). See Riparian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is riparian?
Riparian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce riparian?
Riparian is pronounced /ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/ (UK).

Words near riparian in the dictionary

  1. ripamatic
  2. ripamatics
  3. Ripano
  4. riparia
  5. riparial
  6. riparian
  7. riparian buffer
  8. riparian buffers
  9. riparian right
  10. riparian rights
  11. riparianism

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: riparian (page history and authors); riparian (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); riparian (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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