Tuscany

English

Etymology

Late 14c., from Middle English Tuscan, Tuscane, from Old French Toscane or Italian Toscana, from Late Latin Tuscānus (“belonging to the Tusci”), a people of ancient Italy, from Tuscus, earlier *Truscus, shortened form of Etruscus (“Etruscan”).

Pronunciation

enPR: tŭsʹkənē, IPA^(key): /ˈtʌskəni/
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Proper noun

Tuscany

A region of Italy located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna.

Related terms

Tuscan

Translations

region in Italy

Bulgarian: Тоскана (Toskana)
Catalan: Toscana
Chinese:
Mandarin: 托斯卡納／托斯卡纳 (Tuōsīkǎnà)
Czech: Toskánsko (cs) n
Danish: Toscana
Dutch: Toscane (nl)
Finnish: Toskana
French: Toscane (fr) f
Friulian: Toscane f
Galician: Toscana
Georgian: ტოსკანა (ṭosḳana)
German: Toskana (de) f
Greek: Τοσκάνη f (Toskáni)
Hungarian: Toszkána (hu)
Irish: An Tuscáin f
Italian: Toscana (it) f
Japanese: トスカーナ (Tosukāna), トスカーナ州 (トスカーナしゅう, Tosukāna shū)
Latin: Tuscāna f
Latvian: Toskāna f
Lithuanian: Toskana f
Maltese: Toskana
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Toscana
Nynorsk: Toscana
Occitan: Toscana f
Persian: توسکانی‎ (fa) (Tuskâni)
Polish: Toskania (pl) f
Portuguese: Toscana (pt) f, Toscânia f
Romanian: Toscana f
Russian: Тоска́на (ru) f (Toskána)
Slovak: Toskánsko n
Slovene: Toskana (sl) f
Spanish: Toscana (es)
Swedish: Toscana
Turkish: Toskana (tr)