Tours

American

[toor, toor] / tʊər, tur /

noun

a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.

Tours British

/ tur /

noun

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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Late Tuesday, the prosecutor for Tours said the officer involved had been charged with aggravated battery.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Tours of the exhibit will be offered throughout the afternoon, but come to learn how to be transformed into a vampire at a special effects workshop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

There is no listing for Haggis Waggon Tours with Companies House, but Darryl Smith is registered as a director of two other businesses.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

She was due to be picked up on one of the Haggis Waggon Tours buses in Paisley at 8am, along with three others.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

We hid the car in a garage, believe it or not, belonging to a lovely and heroic old woman who lives by herself in a riverside villa on the Tours side of the Poitou.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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