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Toulouse

//təˈluːz// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    A surname from French

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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