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turin

/təˈɹɪn/

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What does turin mean?

proper noun

  1. A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.
  2. A metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin.
  3. A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta, Canada.
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A town in Coweta County, Georgia.
  2. A minor city in Monona County, Iowa.
  3. A township in Marquette County, Michigan.
  4. A town and village therein, in Lewis County, New York.
  5. A surname.
  6. (historical) A former province of Piedmont.

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/təˈɹɪn/

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In the conglomerates of Turin, belonging to the Upper Miocene period, not a single organic remain has been found.
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
Sachieri, a Jesuit of Turin, who lived in the 17th century, had a most surprising memory.
H. E. (Henry Edward) BirdChess History and ReminiscencesProject Gutenberg ebook #4902
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I am so afraid of ticklish situations for you, that in case of the latter's removal, I should scarce wish you Turin.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
In that town she met a student, Turin, the son of a district governor in the Simbirsk province, and fell in love with him.
Leo, graf TolstoyThe forged coupon, and other storiesProject Gutenberg ebook #243
A painting on the mummy case of one Betuhamon, now in the Turin Museum, illustrates, in the graphic manner so characteristic of the Egyptians, this act of creation.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705