Turów | |
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  Turów  Turów | |
| Coordinates: 51°24′45″N 16°22′49″E / 51.41250°N 16.38028°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Lower Silesian |
| County | Lubin |
| Gmina | Ścinawa |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | DLU |
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Turów [ˈturuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ścinawa, within Lubin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Ścinawa, 13 km (8 mi) east of Lubin, and 56 km (35 mi) north-west 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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