Tyrol

American  

[ti-rohl, tahy-, tahy-rohl, tee-rohl] / tɪˈroʊl, taɪ-, ˈtaɪ roʊl, tiˈroʊl /

Or Tirol

noun

1. an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.

2. a province in W Austria. 4,883 sq. mi. (12,645 sq. km). Innsbruck.

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Tyrol British  

/ tiˈroːl, tɪˈrəʊl, ˈtɪrəʊl /

noun

1. a mountainous state of W Austria: passed to the Hapsburgs in 1363; S part transferred to Italy in 1919. Capital: Innsbruck. Pop: 683 317 (2003 est). Area: 12 648 sq km (4883 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

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Tyrol

Tyrol authorities appealed for skiers to stay away from off-piste activities.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

The team behind this research includes contributors based in Italy at the University of Padua, Museum of Nature South Tyrol, and the Museo delle Scienze in Trento.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2024

The provincial government of Bolzano-South Tyrol gives him subsidies for avalanche prevention as well as land management, he said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

The body of a man who is believed to have died more than 20 years ago has been found on a rapidly melting glacier in the Austrian province of Tyrol.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023

"A sequestered nook of the world," so I remembered, had Ilga called this corner of the Tyrol, and for a second time that night my thoughts went back to my own distant valley.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)