English still uses the cognate "strand" to mean beach or riverside. The most famous is The Strand in London, along the Thames. It's a bit archaic sounding but is not too uncommon.
Likely familiar even if you haven't heard "strand" as such with that meaning: "stranded" (run aground on the beach).
One place where you might possibly have heard "strand" meaning the beach: Lewis Carroll. "The Walrus and the Carpenter were walking on the strand: / They wept like anything to see / Such quantities of sand. / 'If this were only cleared away,' / They said, 'it would be grand.'"
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English still uses the cognate "strand" to mean beach or riverside. The most famous is The Strand in London, along the Thames. It's a bit archaic sounding but is not too uncommon.
Likely familiar even if you haven't heard "strand" as such with that meaning: "stranded" (run aground on the beach).
One place where you might possibly have heard "strand" meaning the beach: Lewis Carroll. "The Walrus and the Carpenter were walking on the strand: / They wept like anything to see / Such quantities of sand. / 'If this were only cleared away,' / They said, 'it would be grand.'"