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REGION IN FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
Emerald Coast (Florida); Redneck Riviera; Emerald Riviera; The redneck riviera
![Emerald-green waters at [[St. Andrews State Park]], near the eastern edge of the Emerald Coast](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emerald Coast Waters from St Andrews State Park.jpg?width=200 "Emerald-green waters at [[St. Andrews State Park]], near the eastern edge of the Emerald Coast")
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The Gulf Coast of Florida.
There are no good beaches in Alabama so I packed up the kids for a trip toDisneyWorld and the redneck-Riviera.
There are no good beaches in Alabama so I packed up the kids for a trip toDisneyWorld and the redneck-Riviera.
Riviera Maya
![[[Tulum]], Riviera Maya, [[Mexico]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Templo del dios viento.jpg?width=200 "[[Tulum]], Riviera Maya, [[Mexico]]")
AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE TIP OF THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA IN MEXICO
Mayan Riviera; Maya Riviera; Riviera Maya, Mexico
The Riviera Maya () is a tourism and resort district south of Cancun, Mexico. It straddles the coastal Federal Highway 307, along the Caribbean coastline of the state of Quintana Roo, located in the eastern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula.
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COASTLINE FLANKED BY MOUNTAINS, THE STRIP OF LAND LYING AROUND THE GULF OF GENOA FROM NICE TO LEGHORN
Riviera, The; The Riviera
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¦ noun a coastal region with a subtropical climate and vegetation.
?(the Riviera) part of the Mediterranean coastal region of southern France and northern Italy.
Origin
C18: from Ital., lit. 'seashore'.
Wikipedia
Emerald Coast
The Emerald Coast is an unofficial name for the coastal area in the US state of Florida on the Gulf of Mexico that stretches about 100 miles (160 km) through five counties, Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay, which include Pensacola Beach, Navarre Beach, Fort Walton Beach, Destin, and Panama City Beach. Some south Alabama communities on the coast of Baldwin County, such as Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and Fort Morgan embrace the term as well.
Examples of use of redneck-Riviera
1. Dennis spread hurricane–force winds over 40 miles of coastline dotted with tiny beach communities, simultaneously beloved as summer havens, and affectionately dubbed the "Redneck Riviera" by some of its frequent visitors.
2. If he hadn‘t gone into politics, he‘d have washed up in the down–at–heel casinos on the Redneck Riviera wearing snakeskin shoes and ball– crushingly tight trousers, sexually harassing young waitresses and seducing rich widows to rob them of their pensions.
3. By Howard KurtzWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, July 2, 2007; C01 SECAUCUS, N.J. –– At a horseshoe–shaped desk in an aircraft hangar of a studio, Joe Scarborough jokes with his sidekicks during the commercial breaks, and when the red light comes on, keeps chatting without so much as a "welcome back." During a three–hour MSNBC morning show, the former Florida congressman says he hails from the "Redneck Riviera," mutters about "stupid Chinese" after news of a recall of tires made in their country, declares that "I want to get the hell out of Iraq" and says, "I would be drooling over myself" if the surviving Beatles appeared on the program.