Ticino

[ ti-chee-noh; Italian tee-chee-naw ]

/ tɪˈtʃi noʊ; Italian tiˈtʃi nɔ /

noun

a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.

French and German Tessin.

Example sentences from the Web for ticino

Some of you now present must have passed this year through the valleys of the Toccia and Ticino.

On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) |John Ruskin
The train, almost empty, jogged slowly through the valley of the Ticino.

The Pastor's Wife |Elizabeth von Arnim
A Milanese army of fifteen thousand men marched up the Ticino to meet the mountaineers.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 |Various
Napoleon, as has been mentioned, spent the morning of the 4th in ascertaining that Gyulai had repassed the Ticino.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8 |Various

From Novara to the Ticino it is mostly stony and waste, grown up in broom.

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson |Thomas Jefferson

British Dictionary definitions for ticino

Ticino

/ (Italian tiˈtʃiːno) /

noun

a canton in S Switzerland: predominantly Italian-speaking and Roman Catholic; mountainous. Capital: Bellinzona. Pop: 314 600 (2002 est). Area: 2810 sq km (1085 sq miles) German name: Tessin

a river in S central Europe, rising in S central Switzerland and flowing southeast and west to Lake Maggiore, then southeast to the River Po. Length: 248 km (154 miles)

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Ticino

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