Tuscany
a region in W central Italy: formerly a grand duchy. 8,879 sq. mi. (22,995 sq. km).
- Italian Toscana.
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Thirty-two people died when he ran his ship onto the rocks off Tuscany in 2012.
The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It was certainly an extremely lethal epidemic,” says Andrea Pessina, the archeology superintendent for Tuscany.
The saga has caused outrage in Italy where the mother now lives and works as a caregiver for an elderly couple in Tuscany.
Italian Woman Says British Doctors Forced Her to Have a C-Section, Took Her Baby | Barbie Latza Nadeau and Nico Hines | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe cruise ship that went down last year off the coast of Tuscany, killing 32, is finally being salvaged.
Donna and I had just come from Tuscany, and now we understood precisely what Daguin meant.
John Laurence Berti, a learned monk of Tuscany, died; author of about 20 quarto volumes of divinity.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe string is black and glossy as the tresses that fall in tangled skeins on the shoulders of the dreamy beauties of Tuscany.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaWe have exquisite types of femininity in Tuscany, said the young man, with patriotic ardor.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaIn Tuscany, Piedmont and Lombardy the open country has been orderly, but the borders infested with brigands.
Piedmontese agents were at work in Tuscany, and it is hard to believe that he had not approved their mission.
The Life of Mazzini | Bolton King
British Dictionary definitions for Tuscany
/ (ˈtʌskənɪ) /
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: Toscana
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