Turin

proper nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//tjʊəˈɹɪn//
United States//təˈɹɪn//

A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.

proper noun

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A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.
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A metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin.
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historicalA former province of Piedmont.
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Other places: A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta, Canada.
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Other places: A place in the United States: A town in Coweta County, Georgia.
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Other places: A place in the United States: A minor city in Monona County, Iowa.
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Other places: A place in the United States: A township in Marquette County, Michigan.
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Other places: A place in the United States: A town and village therein, in Lewis County, New York.
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A surname.

Etymology

From Piedmontese Turin, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (“bull”) are folk etymology. Doublet of Torino, the Italian name.

Forms

plural: Turins

turbulence · The state or fact of being turbulent or agitated;…turd · A piece of solid feces.turf · A layer of earth covered with grass; sod.

Turin · A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.

Turk · A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that…turkey · A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and…Turkey · A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe…

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