An artificial, protected harbor in a Phoenician city, especially and originally the one in Carthage.
Origin
From Ancient Greek κώθων, rendering a Phoenician term meaning something like "excavated". (Cothon was the name of the island in Carthage's artificial harbor, namesake of the type.)
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