riparian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ri=par=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

riparian, a. [L. riparius, fr. ripa a bank. See River, and cf. Arrive.].

 Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

riparian, adj. & n. esp. Law
--adj. of or on a river-bank (riparian rights).
--n. an owner of property on a river-bank.

Etymology

L riparius f. ripa bank

ROGET THESAURUS

riparian

Land

N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.