Toulouse

Tou·louse
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/təˈluːz//tuːˈluːz/

proper noun

The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.

OriginFrench Toulouse ← Old Occitan Tolosa ← Latin Tolōsa →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.
    1 more example

    Mohamed Merah, the man believed to be the gunman on a scooter who killed seven people in south-western France, was killed in an armed siege after police surrounded his block of flats in Toulouse. […] Mohamed Merah was from Toulouse where he grew up on a housing estate in Les Izards, a troubled district in the north-east of the city with a large North African population.

    2012 March 22, “Mohamed Merah: Who was Toulouse gunman?”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2019
  2. A surname from French.

Origin

  1. LatinTolōsa
  2. Old OccitanTolosa
  3. FrenchToulouse
  4. EnglishToulouse

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

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Translations

Afrikaans Toulouse
  • Toulousea city in France
Ancient Greek Τολῶσσα
  • Τολῶσσα (Tolôssa)a city in France
Arabic تُولُوز, طُلُوشَة
  • تُولُوز (tuluz)a city in France
  • طُلُوشَة (ṭulūša)a city in France
Basque Tolosa
  • Tolosaa city in France
Catalan Tolosa
  • Tolosaa city in France
Chinese Mandarin 圖盧茲 /图卢兹
  • 圖盧茲 /图卢兹 (Túlúzī)a city in France
Dutch Toulouse
  • Toulousea city in France
Finnish Toulouse
  • Toulousea city in France
French Toulouse
  • Toulousea city in France
German Toulouse
  • Toulousea city in France
Greek Τουλούζη, Τουλούζ
  • Τουλούζη (Touloúzi)a city in France
  • Τουλούζ (Touloúz)a city in France
Hindi तुलूज़
  • तुलूज़ (tulūz)a city in France
Italian Tolosa
  • Tolosaa city in France
Japanese トゥールーズ
  • トゥールーズ (Tūrūzu)a city in France
Korean 툴루즈
  • 툴루즈 (Tullujeu)a city in France
Latin Tolōsa
  • Tolōsaa city in France
Persian تولوز
  • تولوز (tuluz)a city in France
Polish Tuluza
  • Tuluzaa city in France
Portuguese Toulouse, Tolosa
  • Toulousea city in France
  • Tolosaa city in France
Romanian Toulouse
  • Toulousea city in France
Russian Тулу́за
  • Тулу́за (Tulúza)a city in France
Spanish Toulouse, Tolosa
  • Toulousea city in France
  • Tolosaa city in France
Tagalog Tolosa
  • Tolosaa city in France
Turkish Toulouse
  • Toulousea city in France
Ukrainian Тулу́за
  • Тулу́за (Tulúza)a city in France

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Toulouse

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Cite this entry
APA

Toulouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toulouse

MLA

“Toulouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toulouse. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Toulouse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toulouse.

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