plage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

plage
    n 1: the beach at a seaside resort

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Plage \Plage\ (pl[=a]l), n. [F., fr. L. plaga.]
   A region; country. [Obs.] "The plages of the north."
   --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "plage":
      bank, beach, berm, coast, coastland, coastline, embankment,
      foreshore, ironbound coast, lido, littoral, playa, riverside,
      riviera, rockbound coast, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach,
      seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shingle, shore,
      shoreline, strand, submerged coast, tidewater, waterfront,
      waterside