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[ kaw-tahn-tan ] / kɔ tɑ̃ˈtɛ̃ /
nouna peninsula in Normandy, N France, extending into the English Channel. Words nearby CotentinCôte d'Ivoire, Côte-d'Or, cotehardie, cotemporary, cotenant, Cotentin, coterie, coterminous, Côtes-d'Armor, Côtes-du-Nord, Côte-St.-Luc Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for CotentinStrategically, this turning of the Cotentin corner was very important. Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST The English fleet sailed for the Cotentin, and landed a force which should have done great things. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866|Various Carentan is an unassuming little town in the midst of the butter farms of the Cotentin. Rambles in Normandy|Francis Miltoun The Normans of the Cotentin were the purest men of their race. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866|Various
By degrees the whirlwind lessened to a cloud—the cloud turned into a horseman—the horseman proved to be Hugo of Cotentin. The Days of Chivalry|Ernest Louis Victor Jules L'Epine It became the capital of the pagus Constantinus (Cotentin), and in the middle ages was the seat of a viscount. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6|Various
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