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Côte d'Azur

American  
[koht da-zyr] / koʊt daˈzür /

noun

  1. French name of the Riviera.


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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The soaring designs for stained-glass windows and banner-like vestments are divorced from their Côte d’Azur context, but have a pathos and a majesty that I found as compelling as the chapel proper.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Beyond France’s Côte d’Azur coastal area, the information portal can be applied to other coastlines elsewhere in France and Europe, both in the Mediterranean and overseas, where tsunami run-up times can be just as short.

From Science Daily May 21, 2026

Principal photography commenced later that year in Cannes, Nice and the Côte d’Azur, and re-created the festival atmosphere.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

This seaside respite on the Côte d’Azur was once a 17th-century soap factory yet looks like a castle thanks to a Scottish lord who, in the early 1900s, added turrets and crenelated ramparts.

From New York Times Mar. 27, 2024

If you ever go," said Geoffrey, earnestly, "don't fail to lunch at the Hotel Côte d'Azur.

From A Damsel in Distress by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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