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Corniche Kor Nish Kor Neesh Noun Coastal Road Cut Side

Corniche describes a coastal road, especially one cut into the side of a cliff.

Corniche describe un camino costero, especialmente uno tallado en el costado de un acantilado.

Front corniche \KOR-nish, kor-NEESH\
Back noun
A coastal road, especially one cut into the side of a cliff.

[From French route en corniche, from Italian cornice (frame, ledge), perhaps from Latin cornix (crow), from its resemblance to the beak of a crow. Earliest documented use: 1837.]

"The median strip on the corniche has a magical open-air museum.
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