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Turin

Turin

14 3.1
A city in northwest Italy that is the capital of the Piedmont region
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtʊrɪn/
: Turín
  • The train for Turin leaves so early in the morning.
  • Turin, Italy
  • Turin Cathedral
  • Turin University

But that's not what the story of the Shroud of Turin tells.

Examples

  • In 2006, Turin hosted the Winter Olympics.

  • The study was conducted at the Regional Reference Centre for Tuberculosis Prevention in Turin, Italy.

    Academic text (2013)

  • When in Turin, I wrote the story about the man and the girl at their future meeting.

    Academic text (2007)

  • My conference is in Turin.

    Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

  • The Egyptian Museum of Turin sent me here.

    The Broken Key (2017)

  • Found a round-trip ticket to Turin, Italy, yesterday.

    The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

  • Calvini leaves for Turin immediately after this engagement.

    The International (2009)

  • My father was the chief of the Carabinieri for Turin.

    Heaven (2002)

  • The streets of Turin were covered with red posters announcing the slogan of the Olympics.

  • Born in Turin, Italy, on 28 July 1912, Ugo was the son of a mathematics professor.

    Academic text (2001)

Synonyms

Torino
vsTurin
5 2.8

The Italian name for Turin, a city in northwest Italy

is the English name for the same Piemonte capital not the Italian form

Surface Forms

Turin main

Etymology

Turin comes from the Italian Torino, which goes back to the old name Taurini for the people who lived there. That name is related to Taurus and the word 'bull', so the city's name remembers those early people and the idea of a 'bull'.