Taurini

English

Noun

Taurini pl (plural only)

(historical) A Celto-Ligurian tribe of ancient Piedmont, whose chief town was Taurasi, near Turin.

Latin

Etymology

Disputed, suggestions include:

Derivative of Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”)[1]
Borrowed through Ancient Ligurian or another Celtic language from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”); folk etymology would later connect the name directly to the Latin cognate taurus.[2]

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Proper noun

Taurīnī m pl (genitive Taurīnōrum); second declension

A Celto-Ligurian tribe of ancient Piedmont, whose chief town was Taurasia, later Augusta Taurinorum, now Turin.

References

1. Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.
2. Everett-Heath, J. (2000): Place Names of the World - Europe: Historical Context, Meanings and Changes

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