Côte d'Or

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A département (equivalent of a county) in France’s eastern region Bourgogne (Burgundy)
• A chain of hills West of the Saône valley, which the above département was named after

Origin

• From French Côte d’Or, from côte ‘coast’ (from Latin costa 'side') + contracted form of de ‘of’ + or ‘gold’ (from Latin aurum)