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toor (Unix) {{DISPLAYTITLE:toor (Unix) Toor, the word "root" spelled backwards, is an alternative superuser account in Unix-like operating systems, particularly BSD and variants. Purpose In Unix, it is traditional to keep the root filesystem as small as rea ...

a secondary root account *

Pigeon pea The pigeon pea (''Cajanus cajan'') is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae native to the Old World. The pigeon pea is widely cultivated in tropical and semitropical regions around the world, being commonly consumed in South Asia, Southeas ...

, or toor dal * A branch of the

Tomar Tomar (), also known in English as Thomar (the ancient name of Tomar), is a city and a municipality in the Santarém district of Portugal. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, in an a ...

Tanwar Tomar (also called/spelt Tomara, Tanwar) is a clan, some members of which ruled parts of North India at different times. People belonging to the Tomara clan are found among the Rajputs of Northern India. Most of their population is primarily co ...

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People with the surname

* Cecil J. Toor (1895–1969), American football coach *

Devinder Toor Devinder Toor is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Falconridge in the 30th Alberta Legislature The 30th Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after ...

(born 1967/1968), Canadian politician *

Frances Toor Frances Toor (1890–1956) was an American author, publisher, anthropologist and ethnographer who wrote mainly about Mexico and Mexican indigenous cultures. She earned a B.A. and an M.A. in anthropology from University of California at Berkeley. Sh ...

(1890–1956), American author, anthropologist and ethnographer *

Kabir Toor Kabir Singh Toor (born 20 April 1990 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English cricketer who played for Middlesex. Toor was educated at the St. John's Preparatory School in Northwood before he moved on to the John Lyon School, Harrow and atte ...

(born 1990), English cricketer *

Krishna Kumar Toor Krishna Kumar Toor is an Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Salman Toor Salman Toor (born 1983) is a Pakistani-born American painter. His works depict the imagined lives of young men of South Asian-birth, displayed in close range in either South Asia and New York City fantasized settings. Toor lives and works in New ...

, Pakistani-born American painter *

Tejinder Pal Singh Toor Tajinderpal Singh Toor (born 13 November 1994) is an Indian shot putter who holds the outdoor Asian and national record of 21.49m. Early life Toor was born on 13 November 1994 in Khosa Pando village in Moga district, Punjab. Hailing from a f ...

(born 1994), Indian shot putter *

Yahya Toor Yahya Toor (born 20 January 1962) is a Pakistani former cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bai ...

(born 1962), Pakistani cricketer

van Toor

* Aad and Bas van Toor, a former Dutch circus duo called

Bassie & Adriaan Bassie & Adriaan was a television programme series focusing on the adventures and lives of a circus duo consisting of clown Bassie and acrobat Adriaan, played by real-life circus duo Bas and Aad van Toor. Written by Aad van Toor and originally ...

* Jacob van Toor (1576–1618), Dutch preacher and theologian

People with the surname

van Toor

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