ischia

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Definition

noun a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples
noun one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium

State briefly what historical events are connected with Ischia, Chertsey, Whitehaven, Boulak, and Jellibolee. — Nonsense Books, Edward Lear
Capri, island of, exchanged for Ischia, 137; Augustus visits it, 143; Tiberius retires there, 217; his debaucheries there, 219-220. — The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, Suetonius
Capri, Ischia, Procida, floated, islands of amethyst, upon the sapphire of the bay, and the smoke of Vesuvius rolled ceaselessly upward. — The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance, Lucas Malet

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