Turin

[ toor-in, tyoor-, too-rin, tyoo- ]

/ ˈtʊər ɪn, ˈtyʊər-, tʊˈrɪn, tyʊ- /

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noun

a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.

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Italian Torino.

Words nearby Turin

turgid, turgite, turgor, turgor pressure, Turgot, Turin, Turing, Turing machine, Turing test, turion, Turishcheva

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How to use Turin in a sentence

Daraprim patient Patrick Rice discusses how, via an online AMA, he asked Shkreli about the high price of his medicine, and wound up getting it for free courtesy of the Turin bigwig.
New Documentary Confirms Martin Shkreli Is Just an Evil Little Prick|Nick Schager|September 27, 2021|The Daily Beast
Before moving to Berlin over the past year, he’d spent much of the last half decade living by a river in Turin, Italy.
Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world|Jeff Weiss|July 23, 2021|Washington Post
She holds degrees from the universities of Oxford and Turin.
Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths|Chiara Marletto|June 9, 2021|Nautilus
His ban was reduced to two years, by which time he had been signed by the Turin club Juventus, allowing Italy Manager Enzo Bearzot to include him in his 1982 World Cup squad.
Paolo Rossi, Italian World Cup soccer hero, dies at 64|Phil Davison|December 10, 2020|Washington Post

Silvia Giorgis, a 49-year-old anesthesiologist at the Maria Vittoria hospital in Turin, Italy, says doctors there rode the “adrenaline of a new challenge” during the first wave, but are now frustrated that too little was done to prevent a rebound.
Can the World's Doctors Survive Another Wave of COVID-19?|Tara Law|November 19, 2020|Time
Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.
Italy’s Terror on the Tracks|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This time, he hung them in his kitchen above the same table he had moved from Turin.
Italian Autoworker Discovers Stolen Masterpieces on His Kitchen Wall|Barbie Latza Nadeau|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
From Turin, as Ligety continued his rise to success in the alpine ski world, he and Miller would interact more as peers.
The Can't-Miss Sochi Showdown: Bode Miller And Ted Ligety|Jake Bright|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Learning from Turin, he largely avoided the media all together.
The Can't-Miss Sochi Showdown: Bode Miller And Ted Ligety|Jake Bright|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Part of his Turin unraveling was that Miller clearly did not go in with the Olympic spirit he brought to Salt Lake City.
The Can't-Miss Sochi Showdown: Bode Miller And Ted Ligety|Jake Bright|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Marchesa Baroli, at Turin, provided for his maintenance, by engaging him as her secretary and librarian.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
He served for some years in the army, and in 1755 was sent to Turin as envoy extraordinary.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
His Majesty the Emperor,” he said, “commands me to communicate to you good tidings of your relations at Turin.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
How the good old man had deceived himself in the expectation that I should so soon rejoin him at Turin!
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
He attacked the Turin nobles, forgetting that they and their sons were at the war, giving their lives for the cause he loved.
The Life of Mazzini|Bolton King

British Dictionary definitions for Turin

Turin

/ (tjʊəˈrɪn) /

noun

a city in NW Italy, capital of Piedmont region, on the River Po: became capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720; first capital (1861–65) of united Italy; university (1405); a major industrial centre, producing most of Italy's cars. Pop: 865 263 (2001)Italian name: Torino

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