What does "riparian" mean?

A person or other entity that lives or owns property along the shore of a river.

What is a synonym for "riparian"?

Common synonyms include: bank-related, bankside, coastal, littoral, riparia, river habitat.

Pronounced //ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən//.

/ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/ adj, noun

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Noun

1
A person or other entity that lives or owns property along the shore of a river.

Adjective

1
Of or relating to the bank of a river or stream.
"By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach."

Adjective

"Riparian zones are narrow strips of land located along the banks of rivers."

Borrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.