coteau

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/kəˈtoʊ/

Definition of coteau

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Canada, US)A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
    “It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place, he saw the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.”
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noun

  1. (Canada, US)A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
    “It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place, he saw the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.”
  2. (Canada, US)The side of a valley.

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Etymology

From French coteau, from Old French costel, from Latin costa (“rib, side”).

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