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Daytona Beach

(Encyclopedia) Daytona Beach Daytona Beach dātōˈnə [key], city (2020 pop. 72,647), Volusia co., NE Fla., on the…

Miami Beach

(Encyclopedia) Miami Beach, city (1990 pop. 92,639), Dade co., SE Fla., on an island between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean; inc. 1915. It is connected to Miami by four causeways. Miami Beach is…

Redondo Beach

(Encyclopedia) Redondo BeachRedondo Beachrĭdŏnˈdō [key], city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a…

foreshore

(Encyclopedia) foreshore: see beach.

berm

(Encyclopedia) berm: see beach.

backshore

(Encyclopedia) backshore: see beach.

bar

(Encyclopedia) bar, offshore: see beach.

Long Beach

(Encyclopedia) Long Beach. 1 City (1990 pop. 429,433), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on San Pedro Bay; est. 1882 as Willmore City, inc. 1888 as Long Beach. Having an excellent harbor, it serves as one…

Rehoboth Beach

(Encyclopedia) Rehoboth BeachRehoboth Beachrĭhōˈbəth [key], resort town (1990 pop. 1,234), Sussex co., SE Del., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1873. Its industries include boat construction and printing…

Beach, Moses Yale

(Encyclopedia) Beach, Moses Yale, 1800–1868, American journalist, b. Wallingford, Conn. As a young man he invented a rag-cutting machine and a gunpowder engine. In 1838 he bought the New York Sun…