Tula
//ˈtuːlə// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city in Hidalgo, Mexico, near the remains of the Toltec city Tollan.
- 2 A city, the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia, 165 km south of Moscow.
- 3 An oblast in western Russia.
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More examples"For the first time in history, an ethnic Latvian became the mayor of Aleksin in the Tula region."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Spanish Tula, from Classical Nahuatl Tōllān (“place of bulrushes”), from tōllin (“bulrush”) + -tlān.
Etymology 2
From Russian Ту́ла (Túla).
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