Aeolian Islands
Britishplural noun
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The song was inspired by singer-guitarist Tom Russo’s visit to his parents’ birthplace in the Aeolian Islands, near Sicily, where he read about the Mediterranean refugee crisis.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2018
Textural characterization, major and volatile element quantification and Ar-Ar systematics of spherulites in the Rocche Rosse obsidian flow, Lipari, Aeolian Islands: a temperature continuum growth model.
From Nature • Dec. 12, 2017
The Aeolian Islands off Sicily each have their own beauty, but Panarea is the oldest.
From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2017
On his planned trip, to the Aeolian Islands near Sicily, he says he will paint on local newspapers with his Angora watercolors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2016
It is not long ago since this actually happened at Heraclea in Pontus, and a similar event formerly occurred at Hiera, one of the Aeolian Islands.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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