riparian/ɹʌɪˈpɛːɹɪən/EtymologyBorrowed from Latin rīpārius (“relating to a riverbank”) + -an.adjOf or relating to the bank of a river or stream.“By the time she'd pulled into Bortz's subdivision, a riparian settlement in the style of Fangoso Lagoons, she was only shaking and a little nauseous in the stomach.”nounA person or other entity that lives or owns property along the shore of a river.