Locarno

[ Italian law-kahr-naw ]

/ Italian lɔˈkɑr nɔ /

a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.

Example sentences from the Web for locarno

Some of the aristocratic Zurich families of to-day trace their origin to these Locarno refugees.

The Story of Switzerland |Lina Hug
Thence a branch line would take me to Locarno and into touch with the steamboat service on Lake Maggiore.

The Passenger from Calais |Arthur Griffiths
It was some place near Locarno, and we looked down the lake that shone weltering—just as now we look over the sea.

The New Machiavelli |Herbert George Wells
The international situation became easier and happier than at any time since Locarno.

The Final Figure |Samuel Kimball Merwin

The journey did not end until they had reached Locarno on Lake Maggiore.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol VIII |Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

Locarno

/ (Italian loˈkarno) /

a town in S Switzerland, in Ticino canton at the N end of Lake Maggiore: tourist resort. Pop: 14 561 (2000)