Toscana

[ taws-kah-nah ]

/ tɔsˈkɑ nɑ /

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noun

Italian name of Tuscany.

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Words nearby Toscana

tosa, to save one's life, to say nothing of, to say the least, Tosca, Toscana, Toscanini, Toscanini, Arturo, tosh, to some degree, to spare

How to use Toscana in a sentence

Michel Angelo lived during the golden age of the Lingua Toscana.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846|Various
This was a man of about 45, whose history was shortly the following: He was a bricklayer living in one of the cities of Toscana.
The Positive School of Criminology|Enrico Ferri
After this exordium, he commits to Brunelleschi's care his little book on painting, quale a tuo nome feci in lingua toscana.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds
A few minutes later Craven left his table and joined them, taking his Toscana with him.
December Love|Robert Hichens

He was learning, he would say, from their lips the true Lingua Toscana.
The Well of Saint Clare|Anatole France

British Dictionary definitions for Toscana

Toscana

/ (tosˈkaːna) /

noun

the Italian name for Tuscany

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