Lampedusa

[ lam-pi-doo-suh, -zuh; Italian lahm-pe-doo-zah ]

noun

1. Giu·sep·pe (To·ma·si) di [joo-, zep, -pe taw-, mah, -zee dee], 1896–1957, Italian novelist.
2. an island in the Mediterranean, between Tunisia and Malta: belonging to Italy.

Lampedusa

¹

/ ˌlæmpɪˈdjuːzə /

noun

1. an island in the Mediterranean, between Malta and Tunisia. Area: about 21 sq km (8 sq miles)

Lampedusa

²

/ ˌlæmpɪˈdjuːzə /

noun

1. LampedusaGiuseppe Tomasi di18961957MItalianWRITING: novelist Giuseppe Tomasi di. 1896–1957, Italian novelist: author of the historical novel The Leopard (1958)

Example Sentences

Triton will begin patrolling the seas with six ships based in Lampedusa and Porto Empedocle in Sicily on November 1.

From The Daily Beast

I have walked through the boat junkyards and cemeteries with unmarked graves in Lampedusa many times.

From The Daily Beast

He fled Syria last year and landed on Lampedusa, off the Sicilian coast, last summer.

From The Daily Beast

The migrants had come to Italy in October and November by way of Lampedusa on perilous fishing boats.

From The Daily Beast

Despite the risk, more than 4,000 refugees, irregular migrants and asylum seekers came through Lampedusa in 2013 alone.

From The Daily Beast

Lampedusa, on the other hand, consists of limestone, which lies about in great blocks on its surface.

From Project Gutenberg