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where the land finally gives up arguing and lets the water win.
means The land along the edge of the sea, especially a coastal area visited for holidays, swimming, and salty air.
from A plain marriage of two old Germanic words: 'sea' (Old English 'sǣ') and 'side' (Old English 'sīde,' meaning edge or border). The compound simply names the side where the sea begins — though its flavour of buckets, deckchairs and promenades is largely a later gift of the holiday-going centuries.
- air quality
- sea spray releases mood-boosting negative ions
- victorian craze
- railways turned coasts into working-class playgrounds
- erosion
- every wave quietly steals the shore inland
- that smell
- ocean scent comes from algae-made dimethyl sulfide
- sea legs
- the brain recalibrates balance after rocking motion
brighton beach — victorian seaside resort on england's south coast, established 1750s, now 200,000+ residents
coney island — brooklyn's iconic amusement park seaside, opened 1884, hosted millions annually at its peak
bondi beach — sydney's famous australian beach, 1km crescent, 35°c summer temperatures, established swimming spot 1912