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Turin

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Tu·rin  (trn, tyr-) also To·ri·no (tô-rnô)
A city of northwest Italy on the Po River west-southwest of Milan. An important Roman town, it was later a Lombard duchy and the capital of the kingdom of Sardinia (1720-1861). It was also the first capital of the new kingdom of Italy. Population: 901,000.
Turin [tjʊəˈrɪn]
n
(Placename) a city in NW Italy, capital of Piedmont region, on the River Po: became capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720; first capital (1861-65) of united Italy; university (1405); a major industrial centre, producing most of Italy's cars. Pop.: 903 703 (2000 est.) Italian name Torino
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Noun1.TurinTurin - capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
Torino
Piemonte, Piedmont - the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
Translations
Turin [tjʊˈrɪn] N → Turín m
Turin [ˌtjʊəˈrɪn] n → Turin
Turin [tjʊəˈrɪn] n → Torino f
Turin [tjʊəˈrɪn] n → Torino f


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Reached Turin by Mont Cenis, Friday, October 4th, at 6.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
We left for Turin at ten the next morning by a railway which was profusely decorated with tunnels.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
, as his epitaph says, found himself later on, at the famous siege of Turin, in 1640, between Prince Thomas of Savoy, whom he was besieging, and the Marquis de Leganez, who was blockading him.
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