French Riviera
Located on the French coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the French Riviera has the glitz and glamour rivalled by few places on earth. Although the Riviera is famous for the glamour of St.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Coast with 350,000 residents
- Description: Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France
- Also known as: “Còsta d’Azur”, “Cote d’Azur”, “Côte d’Azur”, “Rivière”, and “Rivière de Gênes”
French Riviera
- Category: coast
- Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“French Riviera” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Côte d’Azur”
- Afrikaans: “Franse Riviera”
- Afrikaans: “Franse rivièra”
- Albanian: “Riviera franceze”
- Arabic: “الريفيرا الفرنسي”
- Arabic: “الريفيرا الفرنسية”
- Arabic: “الريفييرا الفرنسية”
- Arabic: “الريفييرا الفرنسيه”
- Armenian: “Լազուր ափ”
- Asturian: “Costa Azul”
- Azerbaijani: “Lacivərd sahil”
- Basque: “Côte d’Azur”
- Basque: “Kosta Urdina”
- Belarusian: “Блакітны Бераг”
- Belarusian: “Лазурны Бераг”
- Belarusian: “Французская Рыўера”
- Bengali: “ফরাসি রিভিয়েরা”
- Bulgarian: “Лазурен бряг”
- Bulgarian: “Френска Ривиера”
- Catalan: “Costa Blava”
- Catalan: “Costa d’Atzur”
- Catalan: “Riviera Francesa”
- Cebuano: “Côte d’Azur”
- Chinese: “法国里维埃拉”
- Chinese: “法属里维耶拉”
- Chinese: “蓝色海岸”
- Chinese: “蔚蓝海岸”
- Chinese: “蔚藍海岸”
- Corsican: “Costa Azzurra”
- Corsican: “Riviera francese”
- Czech: “Azurové pobřeží”
- Czech: “Cote d’Azur”
- Czech: “Côte d’Azur”
- Czech: “Francouzská riviéra”
- Czech: “Francouzská Riviéra”
- Danish: “Côte d’Azur”
- Danish: “Riviera”
- Danish: “Rivieraen”
- Dutch: “Azurenkust”
- Dutch: “Azuurkust”
- Dutch: “Cote d’Azur”
- Dutch: “Côte d’Azur”
- Dutch: “Cote-d’Azur”
- Dutch: “Côte-d’Azur”
- Dutch: “Franse Riviera”
- Dutch: “Franse rivièra”
- Esperanto: “Bordo Lazura”
- Esperanto: “Lazura Bordo”
- Esperanto: “Lazura Marbordo”
- Estonian: “Cote d’Azur”
- Estonian: “Côte d’Azur”
- Estonian: “Prantsuse Riviera”
- Finnish: “Côte d’Azur”
- Finnish: “Ranskan Riviera”
- French: “Cote d’azur”
- French: “Côte d’Azur”
- French: “Côte-d’Azur”
- Georgian: “ლაჟვარდოვანი ნაპირი”
- Georgian: “საფრანგეთის რივიერა”
- German: “Còsta d’Azur”
- German: “Cote d’azur”
- German: “Côte d’Azur”
- German: “Côte-d’Azur”
- German: “Französische Riviera”
- Greek: “Κοτ ντ‘ Αζούρ”
- Greek: “Κυανή Ακτή”
- Hebrew: “הריביירה הצרפתית”
- Hebrew: “חוף התכלת”
- Hebrew: “קוט ד’אזור”
- Hungarian: “Francia Riviéra”
- Icelandic: “Côte d’Azur”
- Ido: “Azura Marbordo”
- Indonesian: “Côte d’Azur”
- Irish: “Rivéara na Fraince”
- Italian: “Costa Azzurra”
- Italian: “Côte d’Azur”
- Italian: “Riviera francese”
- Japanese: “コート・ダジュール”
- Japanese: “コートダジュール”
- Japanese: “紺碧海岸”
- Korean: “코트 다쥐르”
- Korean: “코트다쥐르”
- Korean: “프랑스의 리비에라”
- Latin: “Litore Lazuli”
- Latin: “Litus Lazuli”
- Latvian: “Azūra krasts”
- Lithuanian: “Prancūzijos Rivjera”
- Lithuanian: “Žydrasis krantas”
- Luxembourgish: “Côte d’Azur”
- Macedonian: “Азурен Брег”
- Macedonian: “Француска ривиера”
- Maori: “Riwira”
- Marathi: “कोत दाझ्युर”
- Marathi: “फ्रेंच रिव्हिएरा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Côte d’Azur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Den franske riviera”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rivieraen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Côte d’Azur”
- Norwegian: “Rivieraen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Còsta d’Azur”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ribiera Francesa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ribièra Francesa”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Rivièra Francesa”
- Persian: “کوت دازور”
- Polish: “Côte d’Azur”
- Polish: “Lazurowe Wybrzeże”
- Polish: “Riwiera Francuska”
- Polish: “Wybrzeże Lazurowe”
- Portuguese: “Costa Azul”
- Portuguese: “Côte d’azur”
- Portuguese: “Riviera Francesa”
- Romanian: “Coasta de Azur”
- Romanian: “Côte d’Azur”
- Russian: “Кот д’Азюр”
- Russian: “Кот дазур”
- Russian: “Кот дазюр”
- Russian: “Кот-д’Азур”
- Russian: “Лазурный берег”
- Russian: “Лазурный Берег”
- Russian: “Французская Ривьера”
- Sardinian: “Costa Asula”
- Scots: “Côte d’Azur”
- Scots: “French Riviera”
- Serbian: “Azurna obala”
- Serbian: “Côte d’Azur”
- Serbian: “Азурна обала”
- Serbian: “Коте д’Азир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Francuska rivijera”
- Slovak: “Azúrové pobrežie”
- Slovak: “Côte d’Azur”
- Slovak: “Francúzska riviéra”
- Slovenian: “Azurna obala”
- Slovenian: “Francoska riviera”
- Spanish: “Costa Azul”
- Spanish: “Côte d’Azur”
- Swedish: “Azurkusten”
- Swedish: “Cote D’Azur”
- Swedish: “Côte d’Azur”
- Swedish: “Cöte d’Azur”
- Swedish: “Franska rivieran”
- Tatar: “Зәңгәрсу яр буе”
- Thai: “Côte d’Azur”
- Thai: “French Riviera”
- Thai: “โกตดาซูร์”
- Thai: “เฟรนช์ริวิเอรา”
- Thai: “เฟรนช์ริวีเอรา”
- Thai: “เฟรนช์ริเวียรา”
- Turkish: “Cote d’Azur”
- Turkish: “Côte d’Azur”
- Turkish: “Fransız Rivierası”
- Ukrainian: “Лазурний берег”
- Ukrainian: “Лазуровий берег”
- Ukrainian: “Рив’єра”
- Ukrainian: “Французька Рив’єра”
- Uzbek: “Lojuvard sohili”
- Vietnamese: “Côte d’Azur”
- Welsh: “Côte d’Azur”
- Welsh: “Côte-d’Azur”
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