The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
CIRCUMLITTORAL
Etymology
Adjective
circumlittoral (comparative more circumlittoral, superlative most circumlittoral)
Around, or bordering the shore.
Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral.
Source: Wiktionary
Cir`cum*lit"to*ral, a. Etym: [Pref. circum- + littus, littoris, shore; preferable form, litus, litoria.]
Definition: Adjointing the shore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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