Riviera
Riviera, pronounced [riˈvjɛːra], is an Italian word which means "coastline",[1][2] ultimately derived from Latin ripa, through Ligurian rivea.[3] It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria, in the form riviera ligure, then shortened to riviera. The two areas currently known in English as "The Riviera" without additional qualification are:
- the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), part of the southern coast of France and
- the Italian Riviera (Riviera ligure), part of the coast of Italy.
Riviera may be also applied to any coastline, especially one that is sunny, topographically diverse and popular with tourists.[1][2] Such places called Riviera include:
Africa
- Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt
Americas
Mexico
- Mexican Riviera, the southwestern coast of Mexico, including Acapulco
- Mayan Riviera, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula
United States
- American Riviera, Miami Beach, Florida. [4]
- American Riviera, Santa Barbara, California [5] [6]
- Cajun Riviera, an affectionate nickname for Holly Beach, Louisiana
- Irish Riviera, various locations in the United States with a high population of Irish Americans
- Redneck Riviera, a nickname for the areas of Northwest Florida near the Alabama state line that are more culturally attached to the deep south.
- Bronx Riviera,[7][8][9] also known as The Riviera of New York City,[10] 'Hood Beach,[9] or the Working Class Riviera:[11] City Island and Orchard Beach, New York
Asia
- Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai, China
Europe
- Albanian Riviera, in southern Albania
- Athens Riviera, the Saronic Gulf coastline of Athens
- Austrian Riviera, a former coastline of Austria-Hungary near Trieste on the Adriatic Sea
- Baltic Riviera, the Latvian coast in and around Jūrmala, near Riga
- Belgian Riviera, part of the Belgian coast
- Budva Riviera, in Montenegro
- Bulgarian Riviera, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
- Caucasian Riviera, Russia: Sochi, Georgia: Abkhazia and Adjara
- Cheshire Riviera, the south west coast of the Wirral peninsula
- Crimean Riviera, the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula
- English Riviera, Torbay in the southwest of England
- Makarska Riviera, in Croatia
- Portuguese Riviera, coastal region to the west of Lisbon (centered on the cities of Cascais and Estoril)
- Romanian Riviera, Romania's Black Sea Coast
- Slovenian Riviera, Slovenia's Adriatic Sea Coast
- Spanish Riviera, Costa del Sol, Costa Brava, Costa Blanca
- Swiss Riviera, Vevey and Montreux
- Sussex Riviera, Worthing, West Sussex
- Turkish Riviera, also known as the Turquoise Coast, in Turkey
Oceania
- Australian Riviera, Gold Coast, Queensland
- The Riviera of Melbourne, the coastal region from Seaford to Mornington, Victoria, Australia
- "The Riviera of the South", a nickname of Riverton, New Zealand
References
- ^ a b "riviera". Chambers Concise Dictionary. New Delhi: Allied Chambers. 2004. p. 1045. ISBN 9788186062364.
- ^ a b Kolb, Martina (2013). Nietzsche, Freud, Benn, and the Azure Spell of Liguria. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4426-4329-1.
- ^ Niccoli, Alessandro (1970). "Riviera". Enciclopedia Dantesca (in Italian).
- ^ "Palm-filled paradise along America's Riviera". 2011.
- ^ "Visit California". Visit California.
- ^ "Visit Santa Barbara". Visit Santa Barbara.
- ^ "HuffPost Arts & Culture: Bronx Riviera Photos Perfectly Capture New York's Summer Spirit". The Huffington Post. August 20, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ^ Lawrence, Wayne (October 2013). Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera. Prestel Publishing.
- ^ a b "The Bronx Riviera: Life at the 'hood beach' – in pictures". The Guardian. October 14, 2013.
- ^ NYC Parks & Recreation. "Orchard Beach, Bronx - Visit The Riviera of New York City". New York City: The Official Guide.
- ^ L., Jonathan. "The Working Class Riviera - Orchard Beach and City Island". Travel Gumbo.
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