Toulon

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Proper noun

Toulon

  1. A city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and the préfecture of the département of Var, in France.
  2. A small city, the county seat of Stark County, Illinois, United States.

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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/
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Proper noun

Toulon m

  1. Toulon (a city, the prefecture of the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

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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
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