Rivieranadj.
/ˌrɪvɪˈɛːrən/, U.S. /ˌrɪviˈɛrən/, /rəvˈjɛrən/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of the (French) Riviera.
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Gascon1445
Angevin1546
provincial1561
Provençal1581
Lotharingian1635
Languedocian1650
Savoyard1664
Provençale1694
Biscayan1769
Tourangeois1857
Rivieran1873
Strasbourgeois1878
Perigourdine1951
Tourangeau1973
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > the Riviera
Rivieran1873
1873 Times 15 Oct. 4/4 In climate Ajaccio is said to resemble Mentone more than any other of the Rivieran stations.
1897 A. Beardsley Let. 1 Apr. (1970) 290 It is bitterly cold here just now, but I have been getting into quite a glow over a packet of Rivieran photographs.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Sept. 4/2 ‘The climate’, she writes, ‘is of quite Rivieran mildness during the winter months.’
1932 Jefferson City (Missouri) Post-Tribune 27 June 3/4 She lolled on Rivieran sands and swam Corsican seas without benefit of costume.
1967 Times 28 Oct. 24/1 They have taken over a lovely old building,..and..decorated it gaily with azure Rivieran murals.
1986 W. R. Mead in S. R. Graubard Norden i. 17 The Öresund coast of Denmark (where peach trees and vines thrive) seems positively ‘Rivieran’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1873