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means Land or property situated along the bank of a river, prized for its view even though that same water occasionally reminds everyone whose land it originally was.

from A plain compound word — 'river,' from Old French 'riviere' (ultimately tracing to Latin 'riparius,' of a riverbank), plus 'side,' the common Old English word for the edge or flank of something. No hidden drama here: the word has meant exactly what it says since medieval English speakers first needed to describe the land next to a river.