Toulouse

[ too-looz ]

/ tuˈluz /

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noun

a city in and the capital of Haute-Garonne, in S France, on the Garonne River.

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Words nearby Toulouse

tough row to hoe, tough sledding, toujours perdrix, Toul, Toulon, Toulouse, Toulouse-Lautrec, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, toun, toupee, tour

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How to use Toulouse in a sentence

“The history of the donkey has puzzled scientists for years,” says Ludovic Orlando, a molecular archaeologist at the Centre for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse in France.
DNA reveals donkeys were domesticated 7,000 years ago in East Africa|Freda Kreier|September 8, 2022|Science News
Metchev’s colleague Genaro Suárez presented the new work July 4 at the Cool Stars meeting in Toulouse, France.
Sand clouds are common in atmospheres of brown dwarfs|Lisa Grossman|July 8, 2022|Science News
Kitambo spoke by video call from Toulouse, France, where he’s conducting PhD research at the Laboratory of Space Geophysical and Oceanographic Studies.
How to measure all the world’s fresh water|Maria Gallucci|December 22, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Cezanne all frequented the circus and adopted it as a topic.
We’re All Carnies Now: Why We Can’t Quit the Circus|Anthony Paletta|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Toulouse-Lautec did one very famous one, a poster for a bicycle chain, La Chaine Simpson.
Pryor Dodge's Two-Wheeled Obsession Is Now a Museum of Bike History|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I think Toulouse-Lautrec did 33 posters and this is not one of his more attractive.
Pryor Dodge's Two-Wheeled Obsession Is Now a Museum of Bike History|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It lacks only an avatar of Toulouse-Lautrec to paint the human display items.
Eight Years After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Has Been Resurrected|Jason Berry|August 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They came from the poor suburban neighborhoods around Paris and Toulouse in France and had backgrounds of petty criminality.
Seduced by War, Europeans Join the Fight in Syria|Nadette De Visser|June 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
First attempt made to engrave on glass by M. de Puymaurin, at Toulouse.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
In Toulouse, bodies are to be seen quite perfect, although buried two centuries ago.
Notes and Queries, Number 178, March 26, 1853|Various
William had not seen her, but she would bring a large dowry, and a messenger could sail with proposals for Toulouse at once.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
Louis had been unable to induce Toulouse and Aquitaine to compose their feud; there was little to fear from his quarter.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis
Mark what I have done,—my heiress in Toulouse could hold her head beside the Greek, and no shame to either.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

British Dictionary definitions for Toulouse

Toulouse

/ (tuːˈluːz) /

noun

a city in S France, on the Garonne River: scene of severe religious strife in the early 13th and mid-16th centuries; university (1229). Pop: 390 350 (1999)Ancient name: Tolosa (təˈləʊsə)

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