(neuter) Turin (a city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy)
(neuter) Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Turin)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tyˈrɛi̯n/
Etymology
From Italian Torino, from the Roman name, Latin Augusta Taurinōrum, ultimately from the name of the Taurini tribe. Connections to Latin taurus (“bull”) are folk etymology.