Toulon
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuːˈlɒn/
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Proper noun
Toulon
- A city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the préfecture of the département of Var, in France.
- A small city, the county seat of Stark County, Illinois, United States.
Translations
city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From the Roman name, Latin Telō Mārtius. The first word could be from Telo, a Celtic spring deity, from Proto-Celtic *telo (“water hole, spring”), or from the obsolete tol (“hill”), from Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”) (Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu.lɔ̃/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Toulon m
- Toulon (a city, the prefecture of Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Derived terms
References
- Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico
- Boutet, Michel-Gerald (2014): Excerpts from The Celtic Connection Revisited