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TICINO (Ger. Tessin, anc. Ticinus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 933 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TICINO (Ger. See also:Tessin, anc. Ticinus)  , a See also:river of See also:Switzerland and See also:north See also:Italy, which gives its name to the Swiss See also:canton of See also:Ticino (q.v.), and gave it in classical times to the See also:town of See also:Ticinum (See also:Pavia) . It rises at the See also:foot of the Gries Pass to the See also:west of Airolo; from Airolo to the Lago See also:Maggiore its valley bears the name of Val Leventina, and is followed as far as See also:Bellinzona by the St Gotthard road and railway . It flows through Lago Maggiore, leaving it at its See also:south end at Sesto Calende, and thence933 flows S.S.E. into the Po, which it joins a little way south of Pavia .

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