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Aeolian Islands

British  

plural noun

  1. another name for the Lipari Islands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The cost of the drinking water produced by desalination plants on the Aeolian Islands is around two euros per cubic metre.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

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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