Côte d'Or

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A département (equivalent of a county) in France’s eastern region Bourgogne (Burgundy)
  2. A chain of hills West of the Saône valley, which the above département was named after

Word forms

Côte d'Or

Etymology

From French Côte d'Or, from côte (“coast”) (from Latin costa (“side”)) + contracted form of de (“of”) + or (“gold”) (from Latin aurum).

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