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TOULOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Toulouse mean?
• TOULOUSE (noun)
The noun TOULOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
Familiarity information: TOULOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city on the Garonne River in southern France to the southeast of Bordeaux; a cultural center of medieval Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Toulouse" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Context examples
“It is the Seneschal of Toulouse, with his following,” said Johnston, shading his eyes with his hand.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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