Toulon
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English
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[edit]Toulon
- A city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the préfecture of the département of Var, in France.
- A small city, the county seat of Stark County, Illinois, United States.
Translations
[edit]city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Anagrams
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Roman name, Latin Telō Mārtius. The first word could be from Telo, a Celtic spring deity, from Proto-Celtic *telo (“water hole, spring”), or from the obsolete tol (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”) (Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Toulon m
- Toulon (a city, the prefecture of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico
- Boutet, Michel-Gerald (2014): Excerpts from The Celtic Connection Revisited
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