Locarno

American  

[law-kahr-naw] / lɔˈkɑr nɔ /

noun

1. a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.

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Locarno British  

/ loˈkarno /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Liu can be comforted by the fact that “Rosemead” has seemed to stay with audiences as she’s accompanied it on its travels from Philadelphia to Locarno and now into U.S. theaters.

From Los Angeles Times

Speaking to an audience at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland on Saturday, Thompson said the then-real estate magnate called her on the day her divorce from Branagh was finalized.

From Salon

Lim says there will be a few other world premieres in the festival’s program, which for the most part draws on titles from throughout the year that first screened at festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Rotterdam, Cannes, Locarno, Telluride, Venice and Toronto.

From Los Angeles Times

Chatrian, 51, was the artistic director of the Locarno film festival in Switzerland before moving to Berlin.

From Seattle Times

When Plateforme 10 was inaugurated, outdoor movies, curated by Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival, were screened on the outer wall of a museum.

From New York Times