Locarno

[ Italian law-kahr-naw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Locarno

/ loˈkarno /

a town in S Switzerland, in Ticino canton at the N end of Lake Maggiore: tourist resort. Pop: 14 561 (2000)

It was some place near Locarno, and we looked down the lake that shone weltering—just as now we look over the sea.

Thence a branch line would take me to Locarno and into touch with the steamboat service on Lake Maggiore.

Still three miles to Locarno, and no carriage on the road or boat on the water.

The Locarno train was waiting, and they went to it in silence.

I have business at Locarno, and have got a few days' leave to attend to it.

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