Turów | |
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Village | |
 Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Turów | |
  Turów  Turów | |
| Coordinates: 50°59′44″N 17°3′56″E / 50.99556°N 17.06556°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Wrocław County |
| Gmina | Żórawina |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DWR |
| Primary airport | Copernicus Airport Wrocław |
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Turów [ˈturuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żórawina, within Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north-east of Żórawina and 15 km (9 mi) south of the regional capital Wrocław.
The name of the village is of Polish origin and comes from the word tur, which means "aurochs".[2]
References
- ↑ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ↑ Adamy, Heinrich (1888). Die schlesischen Ortsnamen, ihre Entstehung und Bedeutung. Ein Bild aus der Vorzeit (in German). Verlag von Priebatsch's Buchhandlung. p. 63.
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