Toulouse

From French Toulouse, from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin. Compare Welsh twl (tumulus), Irish tulach, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

• IPA^(key): /təˈluːz/, /tuːˈluːz/

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• Rhymes: -uːz
• Hyphenation: Tou‧louse

Toulouse

2. The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.
3. A surname from French

• Capitol; capitoul; capitoulate, capitoulat

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Toulouse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Previously Thoulouse; from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin (Volcae Tectosages), or possibly from an Iberian or Aquitanian name.

• IPA^(key): /tu.luz/

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• Homophones: Thoulouse, Thoulouze, Toulouze

Toulouse f

1. Toulouse (the capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France)

• ville rose

• → English: Toulouse

Toulouse m or f by sense

1. a surname

• → English: Toulouse

• Le Nom de Toulouse, Pierre Moret, 1996, Université Toulouse le Mirail – Toulouse II, p. 11; Histoire de Toulouse, 1974, p. 11.

Unadapted borrowing from French Toulouse, from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin.

Toulouse f

1. Toulouse (the capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France)

   Synonym: Tolosa

Unadapted borrowing from French Toulouse, from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin.

• IPA^(key): /tuˈlus/ [t̪uˈlus]
• Rhymes: -us

Toulouse m

1. Toulouse (the capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France)

   Synonym: Tolosa