Tournai

or Tour·nay

[ toor-ney; French toor-ne ]

noun

1. a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.

Tournai

/ turnɛ /

noun

1. 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 nameDoornik

Example Sentences

As part of his public offensive, Versluys has given journalists tours of his warehouse on the outskirts of the provincial town of Tournai.

From Reuters

Rudy Opsomer, the president of the Friends of the Tournai Cathedral, said the garments were usually kept in the church's chambers, far from the public eye.

From Reuters

So, he said they were lucky to have the permission of Tournai's Bishop Guy Harpigny to hold the show.

From Reuters

Paul-Olivier Delannois, the mayor of Tournai in southern Belgium, through which the river runs, complained in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron.

From Reuters

The plague in Tournai, then part of France, as depicted in "The Annales of Gilles de Muisit" from the mid-14th century.

From Washington Post