Humbly defiant: or how the Portuguese taught me a new word but still need my editing in English

littoral |ˈlitərəl|

adjective

of, relating to, or situated on the shore of the sea or a lake : the littoral states of the Indian Ocean.

• Ecology of, relating to, or denoting the zone of the seashore between high- and low-water marks, or the zone near a lake shore with rooted vegetation : limpets and other littoral mollusks.

noun

a region lying along a shore : irrigated regions of the Mediterranean littoral.

• Ecology the littoral zone.

ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin littoralis, from litus, litor- ‘shore.’