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Tourane

British  
/ tuːˈrɑːn /

noun

  1. the former name of Da Nang

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The 18th parallel would save Tourane, some vital air bases, and the only free road to Laos from the sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

For some 650 miles it sped across the Gulf of Siam to Saigon in French Indo-China, then 350 miles on to Tourane, finally another 550 miles straight across the South China Sea to Hong Kong.

From Time Magazine Archive

The white sand beaches on Tourane Bay are deserted; pedicabs and taxis have given way to Jeeps and deuce-and-a-half trucks.

From Time Magazine Archive

France, as far back as 1787, obtained the Peninsula of Tourane and the Island of Pulu Condore by ``treaty'' with the King of Cochin-China.

From New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening by Brown, Arthur Judson

Tourane is also united to Hu� by a railway opened in 1906.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various