Cotlliure

Catalan

Etymology

First recorded in Latin Castrum Caucoliberi.
Possibly from an Iberian root *kauk- (“bay”) and Latin Illiberi, the ancient name of the town of Elne (in Catalan Elna); interpretable as “port of Illiberi”.
Compare lliure (“free”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuʎˈʎiw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kulˈliw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈʎiw.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -iwɾe

Proper noun

Cotlliure m

1. a vila of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Coullioure

Derived terms

• cotlliurenc