Taurini
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^ Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.
^ Everett-Heath, J. (2000): Place Names of the World - Europe: Historical Context, Meanings and Changes
English
Noun
Taurini pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Celto-Ligurian tribe of ancient Piedmont, whose chief town was Taurasi, near Turin.
Latin
Etymology
Disputed, suggestions include:
- Derivative of Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”)[1]
- Borrowed through Ancient Ligurian or another Celtic language from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”); folk etymology would later connect the name directly to the Latin cognate taurus.[2]
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Proper noun
Taurīnī m pl (genitive Taurīnōrum); second declension
- A Celto-Ligurian tribe of ancient Piedmont, whose chief town was Taurasia, later Augusta Taurinorum, now Turin.