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. Collioure (a town and commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitanie, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia)

Derived terms

• cotlliurenc