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
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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
At the time of his death, he was working on an action movie, Cassino in 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
I have been this summer in the island of Ischia; it is about eighteen miles round, and its whole basis is lava.
From Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos by William Hamilton
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