Definition of Tessin

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tessin

Tertiary period
Tertry
Tertullian
Teruel
Terylene
Teschen disease
Teschen disease virus
Tesla coil
Tesla current
Teslascope
Teslascopes
Tess
Tessie
Tessier
Tessin
Tessy
Test
Test cricket
Test match
Test nation
Test side
Test sides
Testacealobosia
Testudines
Testudinidae
Testudo graeca
Tet
Tet DNA polymerase
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Literary usage of Tessin

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

1. Swiss Life in Town and Country by Alfred Thomas Story (1902)
"... with a cow or two or a few goats ; and you may see them, these returned wanderers, enjoying the aftermath of life not only in tessin, but in Grau- ..."

2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"(See tessin.) TICKELL, Thomas, an ingenious writer in prose and verse, and the intimate friend of Addison, was born in 1086, and received his education at ..."

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