Cotentin

[ kaw-tahn-tan ]

noun

1. a peninsula in Normandy, N France, extending into the English Channel.

Example Sentences

Strategically, this turning of the Cotentin corner was very important.

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With this intent he set sail for the coast of Cotentin with a gallant fleet.

From Project Gutenberg

By degrees the whirlwind lessened to a cloud—the cloud turned into a horseman—the horseman proved to be Hugo of Cotentin.

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The Cotentin cow gives as much as twenty-five litres of milk per day.

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The English fleet sailed for the Cotentin, and landed a force which should have done great things.

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But if the Normans of the Cotentin were stout thieves, not the less were they stout soldiers.

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