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TESSIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tessin mean?
• TESSIN (noun)
The noun TESSIN has 1 sense:
1. an Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland
Familiarity information: TESSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Tessin; Ticino
Instance hypernyms:
Swiss canton (one of the cantons of Switzerland)
Holonyms ("Tessin" is a part of...):
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
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