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côte ((2)) 2 [< F côte slope, hill] (especially in place names) 
n. a canton or district, often on the slope of a hill. See 1934 quote.
- 1904 Near Quebec where côtes also abound the same restricted use of the word to the slopes of Cape Diamond as to the slopes of Mount Royal near Montreal, is to be observed.
- 1934 His widow, a devout Roman Catholic, at once applied for permission to bury his remains in the cemetery of the Côte des Neiges.
- 1904 Near Quebec where côtes also abound the same restricted use of the word to the slopes of Cape Diamond as to the slopes of Mount Royal near Montreal, is to be observed.