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

  • Turin, Georgia
  • Turin, Iowa
  • Turin, New York
  • Turin (village), New York
  • Turin Township, Michigan

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)