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Côte d'Azur
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synonyms: French Riviera ???
tags: [geography]
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Definition:the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France, also including the state of Monaco. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend from the Italian border (Italian Riviera) in the east to Saint-Tropez, Hyères, Toulon, or Cassis in the west.
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Baldrick: Oh sir, it's going to be wonderful. Not just for me, but for my little partner, Graham. Doing our tour halfway 'round the world.
Blackadder: Yes, from Shaftsbury Avenue to the Côte d'Azur they'll be saying, "I like the little black one, but who's that berk he's sitting on?"
BBC. Blackadder, season 4: Major Star
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We were going to ride motorbikes from Paris to the Côte d'Azur,
Paula Hawkins. The Girl on the Train, pp.21-2 (2015)
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he would have devoted to the reconstruction of all the insignificant details that made up the daily round on the Côte d'Azur in those days, if it could have helped him to understand something that still baffled him in the smile or in the eyes of Odette,Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1]
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