Ischia
Americannoun
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an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W of Naples: earthquake 1883. 18 sq. mi. (47 sq. km).
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a seaport on this island.
noun
Example Sentences
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When she went to Ischia, a small island near Capri, she says she was the only Black person there.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
With Kallman, he also enjoyed seasonal residences in Ischia, an island off the southern Italian coast, and Kirchstetten, near Vienna.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
No cause of death has been revealed but he was reportedly hospitalised during filming on the Italian island Ischia.
From BBC ● May 22, 2023
Far to the west, on the island of Ischia off the west coast of Italy, Greeks were competing with Phoenician merchants for trade with local peoples, whose iron ore was in strong demand.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
They sailed to Capri; they sailed to Ischia; they visited Pompeii.
From The Front Yard by Constance Fenimore Woolson
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