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Re: Sienna, Tuscany, Italy Posted on: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:44:48 +0100

Let is be knownst that on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:37:18 +0100, B
Vaughan writted:

>On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:44:55 -0500, paradiselost@webtv.net (Poetic
>Justice) wrote:
>
>>Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:
>>
>>>Note that Siena has only one 'n'. It seems
>>>a really common mistake people make,
>>>possibly coz it looks like Vienna or
>>>something.
>>
>> I think for people from No. America it's possibly from the ad campaign
>>(esp TV) for this popular minivan that has been around since '98.
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Sienna
>>Regards, Walter
>
>Not only that, there's a color called "sienna" which, according to my
>dictionary, derives from "terra di Sienna" from the Italian. However,
>the same dictionary spells the city with one "n".

Following a debate with my wife in the subject I looked it up too.

According to Ragazzini it's "terra di Siena", but is spelt Sienna in
English.
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