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corniche

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cor·niche  (kôrnsh, kôr-nsh)
n.
A road that winds along the side of a steep coast or cliff.

[Short for French route en corniche : route, road + en, on + corniche, rock ledge, cornice (from Italian cornice; see cornice).]

corniche [ˈkɔːnɪʃ]
n
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) a coastal road, esp one built into the face of a cliff
[from corniche road, originally the coastal road between Nice and Monte Carlo; see cornice]
Translations
corniche [ˈkɔːniːʃ, kɔːˈniːʃ] N (also corniche road) → corniche f
corniche
nKüstenstraße f


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