Cotentin
[ kaw-tahn-tan ]
noun
a peninsula in Normandy, N France, extending into the English Channel.
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How to use Cotentin in a sentence
Strategically, 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 | THE DAILY BEASTWith this intent he set sail for the coast of Cotentin with a gallant fleet.
The Fairies and the Christmas Child | Lilian GaskBy 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'EpineThe Cotentin cow gives as much as twenty-five litres of milk per day.
Rambles in Normandy | Francis MiltounThe English fleet sailed for the Cotentin, and landed a force which should have done great things.
But if the Normans of the Cotentin were stout thieves, not the less were they stout soldiers.
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