Toulouse
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Toulouse
- /təˈluːz/
- /tuːˈluːz/
Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French Toulouse. Compare Welsh twl (tumulus), Irish tulach, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
proper noun
- 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. […] Mohamed Merah was from Toulouse where he grew up on a housing estate in Les Izards, a troubled distr
- A surname from French.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lorient, paris, hamburg, murcia, genoa, malaga, villarreal, lautrec, tarbes, tarn-et-garonne, haute-garonne, hautes-pyrénées, montauban, montpellier, auch, capitol
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Talk about this word "Toulouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/toulouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Toulouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/toulouse "Toulouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/toulouse.Cite this
@misc{toulouse_2026,
title = {Toulouse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toulouse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
