Lipari Islands

American  

[lip-uh-ree ahy-luhndz, lee-pah-ree] / ˈlɪp ə ri ˈaɪ ləndz, ˈli pɑ ri /

plural noun

1. a group of volcanic islands north of Sicily, belonging to Italy. 44 sq. mi. (114 sq. km).

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Lipari Islands British  

/ ˈlɪpərɪ /

plural noun

1. Also called: Aeolian Islands.  Italian name: Isole Eolie.  a group of volcanic islands under Italian administration off the N coast of Sicily: remains that form a continuous record from Neolithic times. Chief town: Lipari. Pop: 10 554 (2001). Area: 114 sq km (44 sq miles)

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Lipari Islands

When Premier Mussolini abolished Freemasonry in 1925, Torrigiani was convicted of political interference, sentenced in 1927 to five years' imprisonment on the Lipari Islands.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a closed car the Countess was driven by night across the Italian frontier, flown to Rome, then shipped to the Lipari Islands, once one of her father's favorite penitentiaries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Carlo, a history professor at University of Florence, was banished to Italy's Lipari Islands in 1926, escaped to Paris in 1929, joined his brother who had also found Italy too hot for him.

From Time Magazine Archive

And it was later that same night, as the steamer approached the Lipari Islands, that the drive forward he had received from the doctor's words was increased by a succession of singular occurrences.

From The Centaur by Blackwood, Algernon

From the summit the view presents a splendid panorama, embracing the whole of Sicily, the Lipari Islands, Malta, and Calabria.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various