Etymology

Toulouse

Tou·louse
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Today it means: The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France. Full definition →

French Toulouse ← Old Occitan Tolosa ← Latin Tolōsa
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  1. LatinTolōsa
  2. Old OccitanTolosa
  3. FrenchToulouse
  4. English todayToulouse

Borrowed from French Toulouse. Compare Welsh twl (tumulus), Irish tulach, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.