Cote d'Azur

See also: Côte d'Azur

English

Etymology

From French Côte d’Azur, from côte (“coast”)+azur (“azure”)

• (cycling): From being a light blue coloured margin; light blue being akin to azure and a margin being akin to a coast; also seeming like a band of water, reminiscent of the waters of the French Riviera.

Proper noun

the Cote d'Azur

1. Alternative form of Côte d'Azur (“French Riviera”)

Noun

Cote d'Azur

1. (cycling, informal) The warning track at the bottom of a velodrome, a non-racing surface representing the base of the banked oval course.