[chah-noh; It. chah-naw] 
Count Ga⋅le⋅az⋅zo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] , (Ciano di Cortellazzo ), 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43. |
| Cia·no (chä'nō) Italian fascist politician. Married (1930) to the daughter of Benito Mussolini, he urged Italy to join the Axis powers in World War II but later favored a separate peace with the Allies. Among those who called for Mussolini's resignation, he was tried for treason and executed on Mussolini's orders. |