Etymology

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Today it means: A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department. Full definition →

French Tours ← Latin Turonum
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  1. Latin · derived fromTuronum
  2. French · borrowed fromTours
  3. English todayTours

From French Tours, from Latin Turonum, from Turones, the name of the area's Gaulish inhabitants in antiquity.

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