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Tuscany

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Tus·ca·ny  (tsk-n)
A region of northwest Italy between the northern Apennines and the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian seas. Inhabited in ancient times by the Etruscans, it fell to Rome in the mid-fourth century b.c. Tuscany was a grand duchy under the Medicis (1569-1860) and subsequently became united with the kingdom of Sardinia.
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Noun1.TuscanyTuscany - a region in central Italy            
Toscana
Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
Pisa - a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower
Firenze, Florence - a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
Tuscan - a resident of Tuscany
Translations
Tuscany [ˈtʌskənɪ] n → Toscana
Tuscany [ˈtʌskənɪ] n → Toscane f
Tuscany [ˈtʌskənɪ] n → die Toskana
Tuscany [ˈtʌskənɪ] n → Toscana
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At this moment he will have left Elba, to go whither I know not, but assuredly to attempt a landing either at Naples, or on the coast of Tuscany, or perhaps on the shores of France.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
In Tuscany the spring was scattering flowers through the land, and Philip was nineteen; let him come and they could wander through the mountain towns of Umbria.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
And having committed this prime error, he was obliged to follow it up, so much so that, to put an end to the ambition of Alexander, and to prevent his becoming the master of Tuscany, he was himself forced to come into Italy.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
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