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Tessin

American  
[te-san, te-seen] / tɛˈsɛ̃, tɛˈsin /

noun

  1. French and German name of Ticino.


Tessin British  
/ tɛˈsiːn /

noun

  1. the German name for Ticino

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The Rostock Police said in a news release the two zebras escaped early Wednesday from a circus near Tessin, located in the northeastern part of the country.

From Fox News

The runaway beast was one of two zebras who escaped from their cages when the travelling Circus Barlay pitched up at a new location in Tessin in north-east Germany in the early hours of Wednesday.

From The Guardian

"The animal was going in the wrong direction on the autobahn from Tessin to Rostock," a police spokesperson told Deutsche Welle.

From BBC

Most were acquired by Count Carl Gustaf Tessin, who sat at the top of Swedish politics in the era of the Enlightenment.

From New York Times

In 1751 he succeeded Gustaf Tessin as prime minister, and controlled the foreign policy of Sweden for the next nine years.

From Project Gutenberg