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Illyria

[ ih-leer-ee-uh ]

noun

  1. an ancient country along the E coast of the Adriatic.


Illyria

/ ɪˈlɪərɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient region of uncertain boundaries on the E shore of the Adriatic Sea, including parts of present-day Croatia, Montenegro, and Albania
“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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Example Sentences

Shipwrecked at play’s start, Viola arrives on the shore of Illyria convinced that her brother, Sebastian, has died at sea.

Yet no one in Illyria wonders about the different roles for boys and girls, men and women.

When they reached far-distant Illyria the gods changed them into serpents, not as a punishment, for they had done no wrong.

After twin siblings Sebastian and Viola are separated at sea during a shipwreck, Viola adopts male attire in order to survive in the unfamiliar land of Illyria, becoming a dashing messenger boy named Cesario.

Welcome to Illyria! ... or An Exceedingly Silly Retelling of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night L.A.-based troupe Four Clowns reimagines the Bard’s comic tale of twins separated in a shipwreck.

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