Riviera Explained

Italian: '''Riviera''' (pronounced as /it/) is an Italian word which means,^{[1] [2]} ultimately derived from Latin Latin: rīpa, through Ligurian rivêa.^[3] It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria, in the form Italian: [[Italian Riviera|Riviera ligure]], then shortened in English.

Riviera may also refer to:

Africa

• Kalk Bay Riviera (Riviera Kalk Bay or Coasta Kalk), to the west of Cape Town, South Africa
• Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt

North America

Mexico

• Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula
• Mexican Riviera, the southwestern coast of Mexico, including Acapulco
• Riviera Nayarit, another part of Pacific coast of Mexico

United States

• California Riviera, Santa Barbara, California^{[4] [5]}
• Florida Riviera, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Florida Riviera, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
• Irish Riviera, Scituate, Massachusetts^[6]
• the Hollywood Riviera region of Los Angeles, known for its coastal location where Hollywood elite would retreat to in the 1920’s.

Asia

• Bengali Riviera, coastal region in Cox's Bazar and St. Martin's Island in Bangladesh
• Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai, China
• Philippine Riviera, often used to refer to northern coasts of Nasugbu, near Manila, including Punta Fuego and Hamilo Coast.^[7]
• Thai Riviera, stretching from Phetchaburi to Chumphon^[8]
• Turkish Riviera, also known as the Turquoise Coast, coastal region in southwestern Anatolia

Europe

Western

• English Riviera, Torbay^[9]
  • • Thames Riviera, an area of London, United Kingdom that includes Tagg's Island French Riviera (French: Côte d'Azur), the adjacent southeastern coast of France
• Italian Riviera (Italian: Riviera ligure), in Liguria, northwestern Italy
  • Portuguese Riviera (Portuguese: Riviera portuguesa, Portuguese: Costa do Sol or Portuguese: Costa do Estoril), along Estoril to the west of Lisbon Spanish Riviera (Spanish; Castilian: Costa del Sol), in Andalusia, southern Spain
• Swiss Riviera, on Lake Geneva, also known as Riviera vaudoise

Eastern

• Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, formerly part of the Red Riviera.^[10]
• Caucasian Riviera, of Russia and Georgia
• Jurmala near Riga in Latvia, once known as the Baltic Riviera

Southern

• Albanian Riviera
• Athens Riviera, the Saronic Gulf coastline of Athens
• Budva Riviera, in Montenegro
• Makarska Riviera, in Croatia
• Slovene Riviera

Former

• Austrian Riviera, former term used for the coastline of the defunct Austrian Empire

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: riviera . Chambers Concise Dictionary . 2004 . Allied Chambers . New Delhi . 1045 . 9788186062364.
2. Book: Kolb, Martina . 2013 . Nietzsche, Freud, Benn, and the Azure Spell of Liguria . Toronto, Ontario . University of Toronto Press . 30 . 978-1-4426-4329-1 .
3. Encyclopedia: Riviera. 1970. Niccoli . Alessandro . it . Enciclopedia Dantesca .
4. Web site: Visit California. Visit California.
5. Web site: Visit Santa Barbara. Visit Santa Barbara.
6. Web site: Resolution No. 2006-930 . 2006.
7. News: Prieto-Valdes . Tessa . Hamilo Coast: Premier gateway to ‘Philippine Riviera’ . July 5, 2023 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . January 7, 2017.
8. News: A cruise along the Thai riviera . en . Bangkok Post . 2023-08-30.
9. Web site: English Riviera. English Riviera.
10. Web site: Red Riviera. National Geographic. 14 March 2023.