Etymology
The province is generally known as Trentino. The name derives from Trento, the capital city of the province, which was also known historically as Trent in English. Originally, the term was used by the local population only to refer to the city and its immediate surroundings, while the common Austrian name for the whole region under Austrian rule was Welschtirol (meaning Italian Tyrol).
The Italian term, Tirolo meridionale, is a term that was historically used to describe the wider southern part of the County of Tyrol, specifically Trentino and sometimes also today's South Tyrol. In its wider sense, Trentino was first used around 1848 in an article by a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly; it became popular among leftist intellectual circles in Austria.
Since the new 1972 autonomous status, the administrative name of the province is Autonomous Province of Trento (Italian: Provincia autonoma di Trento, German: Autonome Provinz Trient).
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