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Tour·nai

 (tər-nā′)
A city of western Belgium on the Scheldt River. Dating to pre-Roman times, it was a prosperous textile-manufacturing town from the 15th century to the 17th century.
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Tournai

(French turnɛ)
n
(Placename) a city in W Belgium, in Hainaut province on the River Scheldt: under several different European rulers until 1814. Pop: 67 341 (2004 est). Flemish name: Doornik
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Tour•nai

or Tour•nay

(tʊərˈneɪ)

n.
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River. 66,749.
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The shoot-out took place early afternoon on the motorway from Brussels to the southern city of Tournai as the police chased the man down.
The 27-year-old from the Isle of Man operated primarily on his own in the finale and showed his supreme bike handling ability on the 207.5-kilometre second stage from Vise to Tournai to win ahead of Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge).
The 27-year-old from the Isle of Man operated primarily on his own in the finale and showed his supreme bike handling ability on yesterday's 207.5-kilometre second stage from Vise to Tournai to win ahead of Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge).
Cavendish (above) dispelled any doubts over his finishing speed by winning the 207.5-kilometre test from Vise to Tournai. And even though his new Sky team is not built to get him to the finishing line like his old one, Cavendish said he still has the desire.
The offer involves Hot Cuisine's business in Ghent, including the personnel, while its operations in Tournai remain outside the planned deal.
The public description of what he called "a little bit of intimacy," along with his manner during the broadcast, caused Guy Harpigny, the bishop of the Belgian diocese of Tournai, to say that the interview undermines the church's response to the entire abuse crisis: "Along comes a former bishop who says it was only little games."
His considers Justin the Apologist's Dialogue with Trypho, the appeal to reason in Anselm of Canterbury and Odo of Tournai, hopes of conversion from the Renaissance to the Reformation, new perspectives from Roman Catholicism, Martin Buber's view of Christian faith as mistaking redemption, models of relationship, and other topics.
In their bright yellow, unsponsored shirts -a pre-tournament appeal for financial backing having floundered -three lads from the North East Table Football Alliance took on Europe''s finest at the Europa Cup in Tournai, Belgium.