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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southern France on the Garonne River southeast of Bordeaux. Originally part of Roman Gaul, it was the capital of the Visigoths (418–508) and the Carolingian kingdom of Aquitaine (781–843). Toulouse was a cultural center of medieval Europe.

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  • proper noun A city in the Midi-Pyrénées, France

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  • noun a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe

Etymologies

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From French Toulouse, from Latin Tolosa, probably of Celtic origin.

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Examples

  • TOULOUSE, PARIS, March 7 (Reuters) - France utility back Frederic Michalak will be sidelined for up to a year with a serious knee injury, the manager of his Toulouse club said on Sunday.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Cars launched at synagogue - TOULOUSE - ATTACKERS launched two cars packed with petrol bombs at a synagogue in France's south-western city of Toulouse on Monday night, causing damage but no casualties, officials said.

    memeorandum 2009

  • Cars launched at synagogue - TOULOUSE - ATTACKERS launched two cars packed with petrol bombs at a synagogue in France's south-western city of Toulouse on Monday night, causing damage but no casualties, officials said.

    memeorandum 2009

  • TOULOUSE - ATTACKERS launched two cars packed with petrol bombs at a synagogue in France's south-western city of Toulouse on Monday night, causing damage but no casualties, officials said.

    NUEVA EUROPA- Nueva Eurabia 2009

  • The French city of Toulouse, for instance, derives its name from the Visigoth kingdom of Tolosa: The sackers of Rome were in turn rather rudely sacked by King Clovis and his Franks, and the name Toulouse is about all that is left of their kingdom.

    Sovereignty and the Pitiless Passage of Time Henrik Bering 2012

  • But a group of men, some of them now gray, still seek justice for what they describe as Toulouse's serial molestation of them from 1948 to

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE 2010

  • The widebody, 294-seat plane was constructed in Toulouse, France, and then flown nonstop to Seattle, Wash., for modifications.

    Hawaiian Airlines' new Airbus A330 jets arrive in Hawaii 2010

  • I leave Tuesday for a week in Toulouse and am very excited to return to southern France.

    moeurs - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • They report on their website about a synagogue in Toulouse being fire-bombed, but what about the similar incident that happened this week in Brondesbury?

    Being a Jewish Londoner in 2009 Not a sheep 2009

  • Tens of thousands marched through Paris Saturday, with thousands more gathering in Toulouse and other cities.

    Tens of Thousands Protest Proposed French Pension Reforms 2010

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