Touraine (US: /tuˈreɪn, tuˈrɛn/; French: [tuʁɛn] ) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization...
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Alain Touraine (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ tuʁɛn]; 3 August 1925 – 9 June 2023) was a French sociologist. He was research director at the École des Hautes...
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Sainte-Maure de Touraine is a French cheese produced in the province of Touraine, mainly in the department of Indre-et-Loire. It is named after the small...
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Hotel Touraine (1897-1966) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a residential hotel on the corner of Tremont Street and Boylston Street, near the Boston Common...
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Founded in 1625, the Régiment de Touraine was a French infantry regiment raised in the province of Touraine. At the end of 1624, the Protestant stronghold...
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Touraine (French pronunciation: [tuʁɛn] ) is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the Loire Valley wine region in France that produce dry white...
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Geneviève Touraine, real name Geneviève Tisserand, (20 November 1903 – 10 July 1982) was a French classical singer (soprano). She was baritone Gérard Souzay's...
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Marisol Touraine (French pronunciation: [ma.ʁi.sɔl tu.ʁɛn]; born 7 March 1959) is a French politician who served as Minister of Social Affairs and Health...
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Touraine District (District 11) is a municipal electoral division in the city of Gatineau, Quebec. It is represented on Gatineau City Council by Tiffany-Lee...
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Albert Touraine (11 November 1883 – 3 May 1961) was a French dermatologist. He studied medicine at the University of Paris as a pupil of Eugène Apert and...
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Touraine-Amboise (French pronunciation: [tuʁɛn ɑ̃bwaz]) is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for in the Loire Valley wine region in France. It is...
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Pachydermoperiostosis (redirect from Touraine–Solente–Gole syndrome)
bones and skin. Other names are primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy or Touraine-Solente-Golé syndrome. It is mainly characterized by pachyderma (thickening...
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Duke of Touraine was a title in the Peerage of France, relating to Touraine. It was first created in 1360 for Philip the Bold, youngest son of King John...
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Poikiloderma (redirect from Degos-Touraine syndrome)
Dyskeratosis congenita Mendes da Costa syndrome Other hereditary causes Degos-Touraine syndrome Diffuse and macular atrophic dermatosis Hereditary sclerosing...
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Chambray Touraine Handball is the name of a French handball club from Chambray-lès-Tours. This team currently competes in the French Women's Handball First...
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Loches Sud Touraine Communauté de communes Touraine-Est Vallées Communauté de communes Touraine Ouest Val de Loire Communauté de communes Touraine Val de...
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SS La Touraine was an ocean liner that sailed for the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique from the 1890s to the 1920s. Built in France in 1891, she was...
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Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (redirect from Christ–Siemens–Touraine syndrome)
character actor Hermann Werner Siemens List of cutaneous conditions Albert Touraine List of radiographic findings associated with cutaneous conditions List...
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Tours (category Touraine)
Saint Martin and Gregory of Tours were from Tours. Tours was once part of Touraine, a former province of France. Tours was the first city of the silk industry...
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Purpura (redirect from Purpura teleangiectatica arciformis Touraine)
Purpura (/ˈpɜːrpjʊərə/) is a condition of red or purple discolored spots on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. The spots are caused by bleeding...
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Dauphin of France and Duke of Touraine (31 August 1398 – 5 April 1417) was Dauphin of Viennois and Duke of Touraine. He inherited the Dauphin of Viennois...
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children to be conscripted into the Balladairan army; Touraine is one such child. As an adult, Touraine and her company of conscripts (called Sands) are ordered...
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2008: Google 2009: National Autonomous University of Mexico 2010: Alain Touraine and Zygmunt Bauman 2011: Royal Society 2012: Shigeru Miyamoto 2013: Annie...
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Descartes, Indre-et-Loire (redirect from La Haye en Touraine)
Cartesian coordinate system, René Descartes. Initially called La Haye-en-Touraine, the town was the birthplace of the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650)...
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Civray-de-Touraine (French pronunciation: [sivʁɛ də tuʁɛn] , literally Civray of Touraine) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France...
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established its dominion over the surrounding provinces of Maine and Touraine, then built an "empire" from England to the Pyrenees, covering half of...
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TAT European Airlines (redirect from Touraine Air Transport)
grounds of Tours Val de Loire Airport in Tours. It was formed in 1968 as Touraine Air Transport (TAT) by M. Marchais. Air France acquired a minority stake...
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Mazières-de-Touraine (French pronunciation: [mazjɛʁ də tuʁɛn] , literally Mazières of Touraine) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central...
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The Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud is a former federation of municipalities (communauté de communes) in the Indre-et-Loire département and...
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Loire Valley (wine) (section Vouvray and Touraine)
more Chenin blanc and Cabernet franc wines found in the regions around Touraine, Saumur, Chinon and Vouvray. The Lower Loire that leads to the mouth of...
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