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Touraine

[ too-ren; French too-ren ]

noun

  1. a former province in W France. : Tours.


Touraine

/ turɛn /

noun

  1. a former province of NW central France: at its height in the 16th century as an area of royal residences, esp along the Loire. Chief town: Tours
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

As a volunteer in World War I, she did arduous farm work in Touraine, France.

Here a few remarks upon the public mind of Touraine are essential to our story.

On rising from the card-table, I saw a Spanish grandee, an afrancesado in exile, who had been about a fortnight in Touraine.

They have quite lost their beauty, and will soon be like what in Touraine are called "truisses."

In 1424, the duchy of Touraine with all its dependencies, except the castellany of Chinon, had come into her possession.

From Boulogne they went to Touraine, stopping at Chartres, most of the time lost to their friends, as they intended to be lost.

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