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Touraine
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CountryFrance
SeatTours
Time zoneCET

Touraine (US: /tuˈrn, tuˈrɛn/;[1][2][3] French: [tuʁɛn]) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vienne.

  1. ^ "Touraine". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Touraine". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Touraine". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Retrieved 11 August 2019.

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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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Dyskeratosis congenita Mendes da Costa syndrome Other hereditary causes Degos-Touraine syndrome Diffuse and macular atrophic dermatosis Hereditary sclerosing...

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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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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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extraordinarily long career that spanned over 75 years of service in the Touraine Regiment. Born in the reign of Louis XIV and dying during that of Napoleon...

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