Turin

[ toor-in, tyoor-, too-rin, tyoo- ]

noun

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

Turin

/ tjʊəˈrɪn /

noun

1. 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) Italian nameTorino

Example Sentences

Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.

From The Daily Beast

This time, he hung them in his kitchen above the same table he had moved from Turin.

From The Daily Beast

From Turin, as Ligety continued his rise to success in the alpine ski world, he and Miller would interact more as peers.

From The Daily Beast

Learning from Turin, he largely avoided the media all together.

From The Daily Beast

Part of his Turin unraveling was that Miller clearly did not go in with the Olympic spirit he brought to Salt Lake City.

From The Daily Beast

The Marchesa Baroli, at Turin, provided for his maintenance, by engaging him as her secretary and librarian.

From Project Gutenberg

He served for some years in the army, and in 1755 was sent to Turin as envoy extraordinary.

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His Majesty the Emperor,” he said, “commands me to communicate to you good tidings of your relations at Turin.

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How the good old man had deceived himself in the expectation that I should so soon rejoin him at Turin!

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He attacked the Turin nobles, forgetting that they and their sons were at the war, giving their lives for the cause he loved.

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