Toulon

English

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.

Translations

city in France

• French: Toulon
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• Occitan: Tolon

Anagrams

• Oulton

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French

Etymology

From the Roman name, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

Derived terms

• toulonnais
• Toulonnais

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