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tur

“tur” is a Swedish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a tour; a journey through a building, estate, country etc.
  2. a bus or train service on a specific line, which leaves at a specific time
  3. a dance; an instance of dancing
  4. a figure in a dance
  5. a turn; the chance to use an item shared in sequence with others
  6. luck

Etymology

Borrowed from French tour, used in Swedish since 1639 in the sense of a journey, since 1679 in the sense of a sequence of events (to take turns), since 1809 in the sense of luck (events that luckily go your way).

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