Cotlliure
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kuʎˈʎiw.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kulˈliw.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [koˈʎiw.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -iwɾe
Proper noun edit
Cotlliure m
- a vila of the Rosselló (Roussillon) district in Northern Catalonia, now part of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in France. French name: Coullioure