Toulouse
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Definitions
- 1 The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.
"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."
- 2 A surname from French
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Aquitanianbor.? Iberianbor.? Gaulishbor.? Latin Tolōsa Old Occitan Tolosabor. French Toulousebor. English Toulouse Borrowed from French Toulouse. Compare Welsh twl (tumulus), Irish tulach, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
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