Lipari Islands

[ lip-uh-ree ahy-luhndz; Italian lee-pah-ree ]

plural noun

1. a group of volcanic islands north of Sicily, belonging to Italy. 44 sq. mi. (114 sq. km).

Lipari Islands

/ ˈlɪpərɪ /

plural noun

1. a group of volcanic islands under Italian administration off the N coast of Sicily: remains that form a continuous record from Neolithic times. Chief town: Lipari. Pop: 10 554 (2001). Area: 114 sq km (44 sq miles) Also calledAeolian Islands Italian nameIsole Eolieˈiːzole eˈɔːlje

Example Sentences

Not very far away from the quiet realm of Somnus and Mors, but on the surface of the earth, were the Æolian Islands, now known as the Lipari Islands, where Æolus, god of the storm and winds, governed a very unruly and turbulent population.

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The home of Æolus, god of the winds, 213, 346; supposed to be Lipari Islands, 213.

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Later legend transferred their abode to Mt Aetna, the Lipari islands or Lemnos, where they assisted Hephaestus at his forge.

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On the 16th we passed the island of Ustica, and the following day the Lipari Islands, and at last, about 7 A.M. of the 18th, we reached the Straits of Messina.

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Probably they are going to a convict station on the Lipari islands.

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