Turin (disambiguation)
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Turin is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the Piedmont Region, in north-west Italy. Turin may also refer to the following:
Italy
- Turin, Alberta, Canada; a hamlet
- Turin, Idlib, Syria; a village
- Turín, El Salvador, town in the Ahuachapán Department
- Province of Turin, former province in the Piedmont region of Italy
- March of Turin, a medieval country around the city of Turin
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Turin, Italy
- Metropolitan City of Turin
United States
People
- Turin, or Tarin, alternative spellings for the Pashtun tribe Tareen
- Duke of Turin
Persons
- Dave Turin, a gold miner featured in the Gold Rush television series
- George L. Turin (1930-2014) U.S. computer scientist
- John J. Turin (1913-1973), American physicist
- Luca Turin (b. 1953), biophysicist and proponent of the vibration theory of olfaction
- Mark Turin (b. 1973), linguistic anthropologist
- Niels Turin Nielsen (1887-1964) Danish gymnast
Fictional characters
- Túrin Turambar, a character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
Facilities and structures
- Turin Airport (disambiguation)
- Refuge Turin, a high mountain refuge
- Turin Cathedral, Turin, Italy
- Observatory of Turin, astronomical observatory
- International University College of Turin, Turin, Italy
- The Turin, NYC, NYS, USA; an apartment building
