Turin (disambiguation) explained

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:

Places

Turin, Alberta, Canada

a hamlet

Turin, Idlib, Syria; a village
Turín, El Salvador, town in the Ahuachapán Department

Italy

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

Events

Battle of Turin (disambiguation) including Siege of Turin
Turin Auto Show, notable automobile show held in Turin, Italy, from 1900–2000
Turin International, 1911 World's Fair
2006 Winter Olympics (Torino 2006) Turin, Italy
2006 Winter Paralympics (Torino 2006) Turin, Italy

Other uses

Epyc Turin, codename for a series of server CPUs from AMD
Treaty of Turin (disambiguation)
Shroud of Turin, cloth that allegedly covered the dead Jesus of Nazareth
Turin, an alternative name for the Italian wine grape Dolcetto and the French wine grape Douce noir
Turin King List, list of ancient pharaohs

See also

Turin, New York (disambiguation)
- - Torino (disambiguation)