Definition of Ticino

1. Noun. An Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland.

Exact synonyms: Tessin
Group relationships: Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera, Swiss Confederation, Switzerland
Generic synonyms: Swiss Canton

Definition of Ticino

1. Proper noun. An Italian-speaking canton of Switzerland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ticino

Tibetan antelope
Tibetan fox
Tibetan foxes
Tibetan mastiff
Tibetan script
Tibetan terrier
Tibetans
Tibeto-
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman language
Tibicen
Tibur
Tiburon
Tichodroma
Tichodroma muriaria
Ticino
Ticonderoga
Tiddledy Winks
Tiddley Winks
Tidewater
Tidley Winks
Tiedemann's nerve
Tien-pao
Tien Shan
Tientsin
Tiepolo
Tierce de Picardie
Tierfell naevus
Tierra del Fuego

Literary usage of Ticino

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1922)
"the Jan Giacomo Pasa (76701), the boundary between Italy and Switzerland Canton ticino). Beyond the pass stands the (20 min. ..."

2. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"On the south side of the Alps, the formerly glaciated ticino valley- is cut ... The courses of tributaries of the ticino, on the gently inclined hights. ..."

3. Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1922)
"It then recrosses the ticino (fine scenery) and passes through several more tunnels, including the Prato Spiral Tunnel (1711 yds.). Finally, beyond the last ..."

4. Adventure Guide to Switzerland by Kimberley Rinker (2003)
"Canton ticino (Tl) • At a Glance As the fifth largest canton in Switzerland, ticino is 1085 square miles (2821 square km) of alpine beauty, lakes, ..."

5. The Scenery of Switzerland and the Causes to which it is Due by John Lubbock (1896)
"CHAPTER XXIII THE ticino THE valley of the ticino, or the Val Leven- tina, corresponds on the south of the Alps to that of the Reuss on the north. ..."

6. Switzerland and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1889)
"The Valle Leventina, or Valley of the ticino, formerly belonged to Canton Uri, and was governed in the most despotic manner by bailiffs, who purchased their ..."

7. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1860)
"... and Modena—The Austrian army crosses the ticino—Advance of the French army into Piedmont—Vindication by the French Government of its Policy—Manifesto of ..."

8. Italian Irrigation: A Report on the Agricultural Canals of Piedmont and Lombardy by Richard Baird Smith (1855)
"CANALS OF THE ticino. 1. THE NAVIGLIO GRANDE, OR GRAND CANAL OF THE ticino. The early history of this work is involved in considerable obscurity ; but in ..."

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