Côte d'Azur

American  

[koht da-zyr] / koʊt daˈzür /

noun

1. French name of the Riviera.

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Côte d'Azur British  

/ kot dazyr /

noun

1. the Mediterranean coast of France, including the French Riviera: forms an administrative region with Provence

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Example Sentences

Now a study led by Zhou, much of which was conducted while he was at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in France, has revealed the reason for this gap - and in doing so solved some long-standing mysteries about asteroid rotation.

From Science Daily

The change has been introduced after a soporific race in 2024 that followed years of growing concerns about the tendency towards uneventful grands prix on the historic streets on the Cote d'Azur.

From BBC

The Cote d'Azur allows for shorts and T-shirt attire in early February as temperatures reached almost 20 degrees, although the locals still have their coats on.

From BBC

On 15 August, for example, he was at Boulouris, on the Côte d’Azur in France, where he gave a detailed 12-minute address at the commemoration of the 1944 Allied landings to liberate southern France from the Nazis - an operation in which many troops from the French African territories took part.

From BBC

Moving from the Parisian suburbs to the wealthy, sunny Cote d'Azur at such a young age could have made others go inside themselves.

From BBC