canton of S Switzerland, on the Italian border: 1,086 sq mi (2,813 sq km); pop. 302,000
river flowing from this canton south into the Po River: c. 160 mi (257 km)
See Ticino in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(tĭ-chēˈnō)
A river, about 248 km (154 mi) long, of southern Switzerland and northern Italy flowing generally southward to the Po River. Hannibal defeated the Romans along the banks of the river in 218 B.C.