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Bellinzona

American  
[bel-in-zoh-nuh, bel-leen-tsaw-nah] / ˌbɛl ɪnˈzoʊ nə, ˌbɛl linˈtsɔ nɑ /

noun

  1. a town in and the capital of Ticino, in S Switzerland.


Bellinzona British  
/ bellinˈtsona /

noun

  1. a town in SE central Switzerland, capital of Ticino canton. Pop: 16 463 (2000)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 2022, Switzerland's federal criminal court in Bellinzona cleared the two after accepting their account of a "gentlemen's agreement" for the payment.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2025

During the appeal trial at the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, prosecutors expanded the indictment to include crimes against humanity.

From Reuters Jun. 1, 2023

The case now heads to the federal criminal court in the southern Swiss city of Bellinzona.

From Washington Times Apr. 25, 2023

The Swiss Federal Criminal Court said Valcke, al-Khelaïfi and a third defendant, marketing executive Dinos Deris, all were in court in Bellinzona for the start of the appeal case.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2022

During the Bellinzona war, in 1478, as the confederates, with a force of 10,000 men, were crossing the St. Gothard, the men of Zürich were preceding the army as van-guard.

From Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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