harbourside

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noun

An area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

harbourside1

nounharbourside (plural harboursides)

plural harboursides

  1. UKAn area (especially a residential area) near a harbour (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
adjectiveharbourside (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated on or near a harbour.

    Finally, after passing more lochs and calling at several delightful little stations such as Dalmally (a well-preserved Victorian gem housing a B&B), we swing around the back of Oban to arrive at the harbourside station and journey's end - seven days and 81 trains after first leaving Halifax!

    2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 9&!, page 79

Harbourside2

proper noun
  1. An inner-city district of Bristol, England to the north and south of the Floating Harbour

Origin

  1. Englishharbour
  2. Proto-Indo-European*seh₁-
  3. Proto-Germanic*sīdaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*sīdǭ
  5. Old Englishsīde
  6. Middle Englishside
  7. Englishside
  8. Englishharbourside

From harbour + -side.

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APA

harbourside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harbourside

MLA

“harbourside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harbourside. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harbourside,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harbourside.

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