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coteau

(US, Canada) The side of a valley.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(US, Canada) The side of a valley.

It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place, he saw the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(US, Canada) A hilly upland including the divide between two valleys.

It happened when he was a tiny boy standing at the edge of a prairie coteau. From that place, he saw the buffalo trudging out of the horizon on one side of the world.
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