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Tours

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Tours  (tr)
A city of west-central France on the Loire River. Dating to pre-Roman times, it was a prosperous silk-manufacturing town from the 15th century to the 17th century and a Huguenot stronghold until the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Today it is a tourist center with varied industries. Population: 137,000.
Tours (French) [tur]
n
(Placename) a town in W central France, on the River Loire: nearby is the scene of the defeat of the Arabs in 732, which ended the advance of Islam in W Europe. Pop.: 132 820 (1999)
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Noun1.Tours - an industrial city in western France on the Loire River
France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe


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You are a rogue with whom I have a fancy for carousing, were it to cost me a new dozen of twelve livres of Tours.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
After spending a brilliant winter in Edinburgh, Burns set off on several tours through his native land, visiting many of the places famous in Scottish history.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
The actors were sometimes strolling companies of players, who might be minstrels 'or rustics, and were sometimes also retainers of the great nobles, allowed to practice their dramatic ability on tours about the country when they were not needed for their masters' entertainment.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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