Tourcoing

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Tourcoing.

Proper noun

Tourcoing

1. A city in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Translations

city in Hauts-de-France

• Breton: Tourcoing
• Dutch: Toerkonje n (historical form)
• French: Tourcoing (fr) m
• German: Tourcoing
• Italian: Tourcoing
• Japanese: トゥールコワン (Tūrukowan)
• Picard: Tourco
• Russian: Туркуэ́н (Turkuén)
• Walloon: Tourco m
• West Flemish: Terkoeje n

French

Etymology

"Corner tower," from tour + coin (“corner, wedge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuʁ.kwɛ̃/

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Proper noun

Tourcoing m

1. A town and commune of the Nord department, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Derived terms

• tourquennois, Tourquennois

References

• Blackie, Christina (1887): Geographical Etymology: A Dictionary of Place-names Giving Their Derivations