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Tourcoing

American  
[toor-kwan] / turˈkwɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in N France, near the Belgian border.


Tourcoing British  
/ turkwɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a town in NE France: textile manufacturing. Pop: 93 540 (1999)

"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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"This Council can become the face of a strong, protective Europe that is comfortable with controlling its borders and therefore its destiny," he said in the northern French town of Tourcoing.

From Reuters Feb. 2, 2022

Mr. Darmanin was then a functionary at party headquarters in the legal department, and a municipal councilor in the northern city of Tourcoing.

From New York Times Jul. 8, 2020

The band had been due to continue playing dates in Europe until December, including a concert tonight in Tourcoing in northern France, and on Sunday in Brussels.

From The Guardian Nov. 14, 2015

From his home in Tourcoing, a city of approximately 93,000 in Northern France, Laurent Magniez runs MapYourTag, a Software-as-a-Service asset tracking startup.

From Forbes Jul. 21, 2014

With the retreat of the two sorely tried columns and the suspension of Clerfayt’s attack between Lincelles and Roncq, the battle of Tourcoing ended.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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