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Ischia

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Is·chi·a  (sk-, skyä)
An island of southern Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the entrance to the Bay of Naples. It is a tourist center and health resort noted for its warm mineral springs.
is·chi·a  (sk-)
n.
Plural of ischium.
Ischia [ˈiːskjɑː ˈɪskɪə]
n
(Placename) a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the N end of the Bay of Naples. Area: 47 sq. km (18 sq. miles)
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Noun1.IschiaIschia - a volcanic island (part of Campania) in the Tyrrhenian Sea at the north end of the Bay of Naples
Campania - a region of southwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea including the islands of Capri and Ischia


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Two or three of us had been resting ourselves among the tranquil and beautiful scenery of the island of Ischia, eighteen miles out in the harbor, for two days; we called it "resting," but I do not remember now what the resting consisted of, for when we got back to Naples we had not slept for forty-eight hours.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
While writing this, Nietzsche is supposed to have been thinking of the island of Ischia which was ultimately destroyed by an earthquake.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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