ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Riverain

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Riverain is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to rivers or their surrounding environments.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to rivers or their surrounding environments.

More Meanings

  1. A person who lives beside a river.

Example Sentences

But, in the eyes of the riverains, the coup threatened not just Bashir—the North's historical domination of power and wealth in Sudan stood in the balance.
Some fourteen years later the company obtained from Congress authority to reclaim a large area of riverain land on which to construct its terminus and yard, but it was not until July, 1912, that trains ran into its present Buenos Aires terminus, Retiro Station.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include riverine, riverian, riparian, fluvial, riparious, fluviatile.

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