"Tours" meaning in English

See Tours in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From French Tours, from Latin Turonum, from Turones, the name of the area's Gaulish inhabitants in antiquity. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|Tours}} French Tours, {{der|en|la|Turonum}} Latin Turonum, {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tours
  1. A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department. Categories (place): Cities in Centre-Val de Loire, France, Cities in France, Places in Centre-Val de Loire, France, Places in France Translations (city in France): تور (Tūr) (Arabic), Тур (Tur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Tours [masculine] (Catalan), Tors [masculine] (Catalan), 圖爾 /图尔 (Tú'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), Tours [feminine] (French), Tours (Galician), トゥール (Tūru) (Japanese), Turonum [neuter] (Latin), Caesarodunum [neuter] (Latin), तूर (tūr) (Marathi), Τουρ (english: Tour) (Modern Greek), Tors [masculine] (Occitan), Tours (Turkish)
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