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Toulouse

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Tou·louse  (t-lz)
A city of southern France on the Garonne River southeast of Bordeaux. Originally part of Roman Gaul, it was the capital of the Visigoths (419-507) and the Carolingian kingdom of Aquitaine (781-843). Toulouse was a cultural center of medieval Europe. Population: 435,000.
Toulouse [tuːˈluːz]
n
(Placename) a city in S France, on the Garonne River: scene of severe religious strife in the early 13th and mid-16th centuries; university (1229). Pop.: 390 413 (1999) Ancient name Tolosa [təˈləʊsə]
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Noun1.ToulouseToulouse - a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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Toulouse [ˈtuːˈluːz] N → Tolosa f (de Francia)


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I travelled from Toulouse to Paris, and without any considerable stay came to Calais, and landed safe at Dover the 14th of January, after having had a severe cold season to travel in.
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remounted the throne; Villefort, to whom Marseilles had become filled with remorseful memories, sought and obtained the situation of king's procureur at Toulouse, and a fortnight afterwards he married Mademoiselle de Saint-Meran, whose father now stood higher at court than ever.
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Do you not see that your garrison of today will make you partisans at La Rochelle, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse -- in short, wherever they may be sent to?
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