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coteaus

coteaus is the plural of coteau.

Meaning of coteau

Noun

coteau (plural coteaus or coteaux)

  1. (Canada, US) A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.
    • It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place, he saw the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.2020, Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman, Corsair (2021), page 267
  2. (Canada, US) The side of a valley.

Questions about coteaus

What is coteaus the plural of?
Coteaus is the plural of coteau.

Words near coteaus in the dictionary

  1. coteachers
  2. coteaches
  3. coteaching
  4. coteau
  5. Coteau-du-Lac
  6. coteaus
  7. coteaux
  8. cotechini
  9. cotechino
  10. cotechinos
  11. cotectic

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