The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TUSCAN
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result TUSCAN
- In Italy you study that country's dialect
- After tour regularly examine north Italian
- Workers together study Italian
- Italian aunt arranged to go round small capitals
- Husband of Florence?
- . Finish off Sanctus composed in Italian
- In France, you read Italian
- Cold tuna’s prepared for one in Italy
- Trade Union survey of southern European region
- Brutus cannily trapping Italian
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The straight part
We know that "southern European region" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case southern european region = tuscan.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.