Riviera () is an Italian word which means "coastline", ultimately derived from Latin , through Ligurian . It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria, in the form Riviera ligure, then shortened in English. The two areas currently known in English as "the Riviera" without additional qualification are: the French Riviera (), the southeastern coast of France the Italian Riviera (), the adjacent northwestern coast of Italy Riviera may also refer to: Africa Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt America Mexico Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula Mexican Riviera, the southwestern coast of Mexico, including Acapulco Riviera Nayarit, another part of Pacific coast of Mexico United States California Riviera, Santa Barbara, California Florida Riviera, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Florida Riviera, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Irish Riviera, Scituate, Massachusetts Asia Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai, China Turkish Riviera, also known as the Turquoise Coast Europe Western English Riviera, Torbay Thames Riviera, an area of London, United Kingdom that includes Tagg's Island French Riviera, also known as the Côte d'Azur Italian Riviera, also known as the Riviera Ligure Portuguese Riviera, also known as the Costa do Estoril Swiss Riviera, on Lake Geneva, also known as Riviera vaudoise Eastern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, formerly part of the Red Riviera. Caucasian Riviera, of Russia and Georgia Jurmala near Riga in Latvia, once known as the Baltic Riviera Southern Albanian Riviera Athens Riviera, the Saronic Gulf coastline of Athens Budva Riviera, in Montenegro Makarska Riviera, in Croatia Slovene Riviera Former Austrian Riviera, former term used for the coastline of the defunct Austrian Empire References Italian words and phrases Coasts