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English word origin

Etymology of Tula

From Spanish Tula, from Classical Nahuatl Tōllān (“place of bulrushes”), from tōllin (“bulrush”) + -tlān.

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Source etymology 1

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name

A city in Hidalgo, Mexico, near the remains of the Toltec city Tollan.

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From Spanish Tula, from Classical Nahuatl Tōllān (“place of bulrushes”), from tōllin (“bulrush”) + -tlān.

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Source etymology 2

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name

A city, the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia, 165 km south of Moscow. · An oblast in western Russia.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Russian Ту́ла (Túla).

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