Strega

American  

[strey-guh] / ˈstreɪ gə /

Trademark.

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

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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.”

From New York Times

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

From Seattle Times

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.

From New York Times

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

From Washington Times

Ms. Marcus’s reliance on Tomie dePaola’s story about the character Strega Nona, which was used — pitifully inaccurately, by the way — by the Federalist writer to malign Marcus’s personal appearance, said it like it is: You mess with the powers of Strega Nona, then you clean up the overflowing pot of pasta you created.

From Washington Post