Strega

[strey-guh]

Trademark.

1. a brand of spicy, orange-flavored liqueur made in Italy.

Example Sentences

There are plenty of familiar faces — Madeline, Strega Nona, Babar — but just as many areas dedicated to worthy titles that don’t feature household names, including “Crow Boy,” “Sam and the Tigers,” “Gladiola Garden” and “The Zabajaba Jungle.”

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“Time Shelter” has also won Italy’s Strega European Prize for literature in Italian translation.

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The scene resembled something out of “Strega Nona,” the classic children’s book by Tomie dePaola about a kindly “grandma witch” whose magically overflowing pot floods her little town in Italy with pasta.

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Nick Varano, owner of Strega restaurant in the neighborhood, was not happy with the city’s plan.

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Whatever standards of comportment or interior restraint Ms. Marcus had to contend with to get her point across, the Strega Nona story was necessary — and perfect for getting that point across in a wickedly benign way.

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