TOURS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tours mean? 

• TOURS (noun)
  The noun TOURS has 1 sense:

1. an industrial city in western France on the Loire River

  Familiarity information: TOURS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOURS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An industrial city in western France on the Loire River

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 ("Tours" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

 Context examples 

By St. Martin of Tours! shouted the fat knight, his wrath all changed in an instant to joy, if it is not my dear little game rooster of the Garonne.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No matter what you experienced in October or early November, in your efforts to progress in your career, I am so pleased to report that you will get a second chance for career progress when Mars tours Scorpio, your tenth house of professional achievement, from November 18 through January 3.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When Venus moves into your career sector as it tours Aries from February 7 to March 4, you will be popular with VIPs and subordinates alike, and you are likely to get the respect you deserve.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)