Riviera is an Italian common name which means "coastline", derived from Old French. It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria, in the form Riviera Ligure, then shortened to Riviera. The two areas currently known in English as "The Riviera" without additional qualification are:
the French Riviera, part of the southern coast of France and
the Italian Riviera, part of the coast of Italy.
Riviera may be also applied to any coastline, especially one that is sunny, topographically diverse and popular with tourists. Such places called Riviera include:
Africa
Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt
America
American Riviera, Santa Barbara, California
Mexican Riviera, the western coast of Mexico including Acapulco
Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán peninsula
Redneck Riviera, the Gulf of Mexico coast between Panama City, Florida and Gulf Shores, Alabama
Asia and Oceania
Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai, China
Australian Riviera, Gold Coast, Queensland
Europe
Albanian Riviera, in southern Albania
Austrian Riviera, a former coastline of Austria-Hungary near Trieste on the Adriatic Sea
Belgian Riviera, part of the Belgian coast
Budva Riviera, in Montenegro
Bulgarian Riviera, Bulgarian Black Sea Coast
Caucasian Riviera, Russia: Sochi, Georgia: Abkhazia and Adjara
Crimean Riviera, the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula
English Riviera, Torbay in the southwest of England
German Riviera, southern Baltic Sea coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Greek Riviera, the island of Spetses, Hydra and the eastern coast of Peloponnese
Makarska Riviera, in Croatia
Norrbottens riviera in Swedish Norrland
Romanian Riviera, Romania's Black Sea Coast
Slovenian Riviera, Slovenia's Adriatic Sea Coast
Spanish Riviera, Costa del Sol, Costa Brava, Costa Blanca
Sussex Riviera, Worthing, West Sussex
Scandinavian Riviera, Landskrona, southwest Sweden
Turkish Riviera, also known as the Turquoise Coast
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