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riv⋅age

[riv-ij, rahy-vij]
–noun Archaic.
a bank, shore, or coast.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < MF, equiv. to rive river (< L rīpa riverbank) + -age -age
riv·age   (rĭv'ĭj)   
n.   Archaic
A coast, shore, or bank.

[Middle English, from Old French, from rive, bank, from Latin rīpa.]

Rivage

Riv"age\, n. [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.]

1. A bank, shore, or coast. [Archaic] --Spenser.

From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. --Tennyson.

2. (O.Eng.Law) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
Language Translation for : rivage
Spanish: playa, orilla del mar,
German: die Seeküste,
Japanese: 海浜
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