Tuscany
Meanings
name
- An administrative region of Italy, located north of Lazio and south of Emilia-Romagna.
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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”).
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