tours

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proper noun

A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.

OriginFrench Tours ← Latin Turonum →
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Meanings

tours1

noun
  1. pluralplural of tour
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of tour

Tours2

proper noun
  1. A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.

Origin

  1. LatinTuronum
  2. FrenchTours
  3. EnglishTours

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

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Translations

Arabic تور
  • تور (Tūr)city in France
Bulgarian Тур
  • Тур (Tur)city in France
Catalan Tours, Tors
  • Tourscity in France
  • Torscity in France
Chinese Mandarin 圖爾 /图尔
  • 圖爾 /图尔 (Tú'ěr)city in France
French Tours
  • Tourscity in France
Greek Τουρ
  • Τουρcity in France
Japanese トゥール
  • トゥール (Tūru)city in France
Latin Turonum, Caesarodunum
  • Turonumcity in France
  • Caesarodunumcity in France
Turkish Tours
  • Tourscity in France

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

torusstoursutorroustRusto
Cite this entry
APA

tours. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tours

MLA

“tours.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tours. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tours,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tours.

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