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Toulon

Toulon

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A city by the Mediterranean Sea in southeast France with a large navy base
  • proper noun
: Toulon
  • It is not necessary to recapture Toulon itself.
  • port of Toulon
  • city of Toulon
  • Toulon, France

Examples

  • Towns like Orange and Arles, but also big cities like Marseille and Toulon, are must-sees.

    Blog text (24)

  • The ship heads for Toulon tonight.

    The Dogs of War (1980)

  • The British navy have taken the port of Toulon.

    Napoleon (2023)

  • The ships to America sail from Toulon.

    Legionnaire (1998)

  • He says Toulon, the naval base, is a rescue centre.

    The Day of the Triffids (1963)

  • The great port of Toulon was well defended by city walls and a dozen outlying forts and redoubts.

  • Anne and Andre and their sons settled in Toulon, and half a dozen siblings and friends also washed ashore onto the Côte d'Azur.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The ships to America sail from Toulon.

  • The British navy have taken the port of Toulon.

  • Napoleon sailed from Toulon on May 19, 1798, with 54,000 men and 280 ships.

Surface Forms

Toulon main

Etymology

Toulon comes from older local names such as Tolon, used in the local Occitan language and in Roman times. That's why Toulon still feels like an old harbour town on the French Mediterranean and helps you remember it as a long-standing port and naval base.