corniche

noun

cor·​niche kȯr-ˈnēsh 

: a road built along a coast and especially along the face of a cliff

Examples of corniche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Beirut’s seaside corniche, Mohammad Mohammad from the village of Marwahin in southern Lebanon was strolling with his three children. —Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024

That’s when Etihad Airways will link Atlanta to Abu Dhabi with its dazzling corniche, outpost of the famed Louvre museum and, soon, the capital of the United Arab Emirates’ own Sphere. —Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2024

Forty-eight-year-old Mustafa Mazloum lay on a piece of cardboard under the shade of a tree in the grassy median along the city’s famed seaside corniche. —Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

Families rest on Beirut's corniche after fleeing the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut's southern suburb Monday. —Zoya Awky, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024

Walking shirtless on the corniche with his elderly father, Othman said a lifetime under multiple wars had strengthened him and his countrymen. —Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024

To be sure, there are no Havels in Egypt, and Washington is not Soviet-era Moscow -- but the analogy rings true enough for those people in Cairo's Tahrir Square or the Alexandria corniche who saw U.S.-made F-16s fly overhead or were choked by tear gas produced in the United States. —Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2011

The company’s other ranking property is Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, a stately tower on Cairo’s riverside corniche that comes in at No. 5. —Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023

In his aerie on the corniche, Mubarak denied culture-washing. —John Arlidge, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2023

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, short for route de corniche, route en corniche "cornice road" — more at cornice

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for corniche

• cornish