Tours

[ toor; French toor ]

/ tʊər; French tur /

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noun

a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.

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Words nearby Tours

tourney, tourniquet, tournois, tour of duty, tour operator, Tours, tourtière, touse, tousle, tousled, tous-les-mois

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How to use Tours in a sentence

The best time of the year to visit and hotel listings are also prominent on the page, along with Tours and activities ads.
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Private tours are also available before the museum opens (for $630) or during official hours (for $340).
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Now the city fills with travelers on package tours who stay at ultra-modern hotels and spend their money at glittering malls.
For Rent: Priceless Historic Sites|Elinor Betesh|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cotton, who is challenging Democratic incumbent Mark Pryor, is an Army vet who completed combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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She hated sharing Georgie with his admirers, particularly on lecture tours in in North America.
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The subsequent media attention led prison authorities to officially shut down the tours.
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We managed to reach the majority of such points by going and returning over different highways on our longer tours.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Bourbonne saw a great deal more than did the Listomeres of Tours.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
In later years she paid successful visits to America, but in England played chiefly on provincial tours.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2|Various
From his window he looked down upon the Loire and the meadows of the beautiful valley stretching from Amboise to Tours.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
Young persons would find Tours a delightful residence, as there is a never-ceasing course of balls and parties.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney

British Dictionary definitions for Tours

Tours

/ (French tur) /

noun

a town in W central France, on the River Loire: nearby is the scene of the defeat of the Arabs in 732, which ended the advance of Islam in W Europe. Pop: 132 820 (1999)

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