Tourcoing

[ toor-kwan ]

/ turˈkwɛ̃ /

a city in N France, near the Belgian border.

Example sentences from the Web for tourcoing

The looms and machinery are being taken away from the textile mills in Roubaix and Tourcoing and sent to Germany.

Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918 |Various
A chance seedling found in a garden of the town of Tourcoing, Fr.

The Pears of New York |U. P. Hedrick
Roubaix and Tourcoing were entered in the afternoon of October 18, 1918.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII) |various
The centre of the Allies fulfilled their programme, reaching Tourcoing and its neighbourhood by noon and holding their positions.

The French Revolution |Hilaire Belloc

Now, in the case of Tourcoing, there was none of this, for the French at Tourcoing were surprised.

Tourcoing |Hilaire Belloc

Tourcoing

/ (French turkwɛ̃) /

a town in NE France: textile manufacturing. Pop: 93 540 (1999)