lōˈkär(ˌ)nō noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from the Locarno Pact, a series of treaties and conventions between Germany on the one hand and Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia on the other, signed in Locarno, Switzerland on December 1, 1925
: a nonaggression pact or other arrangement for international peace and security usually based upon a mutual guarantee of borders by and provision for arbitration of disputes among the signatory nations
proposed an Asian Locarno — Christian Science Monitor
pleasant daydreams about Locarnos and mutual self-restraint pacts — Delmer Hubbell