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côte d'or

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
cote d'or
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A département (equivalent of a county) in France’s eastern region Bourgogne (Burgundy)

name

A chain of hills West of the Saône valley, which the above département was named after

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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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Questions

What does côte d'or mean?
A département (equivalent of a county) in France’s eastern region Bourgogne (Burgundy)
Where does côte d'or come from?
It is traced to French.

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