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Tuscany
see synonyms of tuscanyNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Tuscany
see synonyms of tuscanynoun
a region of central Italy, on the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: corresponds roughly to ancient Etruria; a region of numerous small states in medieval times; united in the 15th and 16th centuries under Florence; united with the rest of Italy in 1861. Capital: Florence. Pop: 3 516 296 (2003 est). Area: 22 990 sq km
(8876 sq miles)
. Italian name: ToscanaCollins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Tuscany
see synonyms of tuscany region of central Italy, formerly a grand duchy: 8,878 sq mi (22,994 sq km); pop. 3,530,000; chief city, Florence
see also ToscanaWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Tuscany
see synonyms of tuscany A region of west-central 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 BC. Tuscany was a grand duchy under the Medicis and Habsburgs (1569-1860) and subsequently became united with the kingdom of Sardinia.
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