Turin

American  

[toor-in, tyoor-, too-rin, tyoo-] / ˈtʊər ɪn, ˈtjʊər-, tʊˈrɪn, tjʊ- /

noun

1. a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.

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Turin British  

/ tjʊəˈrɪn /

noun

1. Italian name: Torino. 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: 865 263 (2001)

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Turin

Compared to AMD’s fifth-generation Turin CPUs, Nvidia said Vera delivers up to 1.9 times faster agentic performance and six times better latency.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

In her apartment in the northern Italian city of Turin, Olga longs for her absent husband, who has moved out and left her with their two young children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Blackouts struck Milan and Turin because of the spike in the use of air conditioning.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, working with collaborators from the University of Turin in Italy, have discovered that the direction of energy flow in turbulence can actually be altered.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2026

At the beginning of her career as a professional musician, Abbie Conant was in Italy, playing trombone for the Royal Opera of Turin.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell