Tuscany

English

Etymology

Late 14c., from Italian Toscano, 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/

Proper noun

Tuscany

1. A region in Italy located north of Latium, 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 (Tuōsīkă'nà)

• Czech: Toskánsko (cs) n
• Danish: Toscana
• Dutch: Toscane (nl)
• Finnish: Toskana
• French: Toscane (fr) f
• 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: Toscana
• Persian: توسکانی‎ (fa) (Tuskâni)
• Polish: Toskania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Toscana (pt) f
• Romanian: Toscana f
• Russian: Тоска́на (ru) f (Toskána)
• Slovak: Toskánsko n
• Slovene: Toskana (sl) f
• Spanish: Toscana (es)
• Swedish: Toscana

See also

• Etruria

Further reading

• Tuscany on Wikipedia.Wikipedia