Toulouse

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Toulouse. Compare Welsh twl (tumulus), Irish tulach, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /təˈluːz/, /tuːˈluːz/ Rhymes: -uːz Hyphenation: Tou‧louse === Proper noun === Toulouse The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France. A surname from French ==== Translations ==== === See also === Capitol; capitoul; capitoulate, capitoulat === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Toulouse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Forebears == French == === Alternative forms === Thoulouse === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Occitan Tolosa, from Latin Tolōsa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tu.luz/ Homophones: Thoulouse, Thoulouze, Toulouze === Proper noun === Toulouse f Toulouse (the capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France) Synonym: ville rose ==== Descendants ==== → English: Toulouse === Proper noun === Toulouse m or f by sense a surname ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: تُولُوز (tūlūz) → English: Toulouse → Persian: تُولُوز === References === Le Nom de Toulouse, Pierre Moret, 1996, Université Toulouse le Mirail – Toulouse II, p. 11; Histoire de Toulouse, 1974, p. 11. === Paronyms === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French Toulouse. === Proper noun === Toulouse f Toulouse (the capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France) Synonym: Tolosa == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French Toulouse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuˈlus/ [t̪uˈlus] Rhymes: -us === Proper noun === Toulouse m Toulouse (the capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France) Synonym: Tolosa