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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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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

He was re-elected mayor of his political fiefdom of Tourcoing in northern France this year.

From Reuters ● Jul. 6, 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

Their plan was wrecked by their utter defeat at Tourcoing on May 16, where the British suffered heavily.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole

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