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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

The three-judge panel in Bellinzona, which is home to the Swiss federal criminal court, is to hear arguments in the case through the end of April.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

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

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