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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 248 km (154 mi) long, of southern Switzerland and northern Italy flowing generally southward to the Po River. Hannibal defeated the Romans along the banks of the river in 218 BC.
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- proper noun An
Italian -speakingcanton ofSwitzerland .
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- noun an Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland
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Examples
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Nice review snob, I have to say I do think the Ticino is a nice ride
BSNYC Product Review: Electra Ticino 8D BikeSnobNYC 2010
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All in all, the Ticino is a fine-tuned, smooth-gliding machine that offers a comfort level no longer found in today's twitchy frames.
Archive 2010-08-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010
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All in all, the Ticino is a fine-tuned, smooth-gliding machine that offers a comfort level no longer found in today's twitchy frames.
BSNYC Product Review: Electra Ticino 8D BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Our first stop in Switzerland was in the south, in the region called Ticino; Tessin in German.
Locarno, Switzerland Niki 2006
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Our first stop in Switzerland was in the south, in the region called Ticino; Tessin in German.
Archive 2006-12-01 Niki 2006
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Ticino, which is a tributary to the largest river of Italy, the mighty
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales August Strindberg 1880
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I could scarce be stopped at the wrong place; and certainly the bridge of the Ticino is the very spot one would select for such a halt, were the matter left in one's own choice.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849
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The Ticino is a majestic river, here spanned by one of the finest bridges in Italy.
Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge James Aitken Wylie 1849
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For me, I chose to stay in Ticino, which is in the hills of southern Switzerland ... with a
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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She said she thought I must come from Ticino, the Italian canton of Switzerland, where they are many ethnic Germans, and was surprised when I did not transfer trains in Milan.
long-timers, what can�t you still pronounce well in Spanish? 2009
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