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Stromboli

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Strom·bo·li  (strmb-l, strmb-)
An island of southern Italy in the Lipari Islands off northeast Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Its volcano, 926.6 m (3,038 ft) high, erupted violently in 1930 and 1966.
Stromboli [ˈstrɒmbəlɪ]
n
(Placename) an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Lipari Islands off the N coast of Sicily: famous for its active volcano, 927 m (3040 ft.) high


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Skirting along the north coast of Sicily, passing through the group of Aeolian Isles, in sight of Stromboli and Vulcania, both active volcanoes, through the Straits of Messina, with "Scylla" on the one hand and "Charybdis" on the other, along the east coast of Sicily, and in sight of Mount Etna, along the south coast of Italy, the west and south coast of Greece, in sight of ancient Crete, up Athens Gulf, and into the Piraeus, Athens will be reached in two and a half or three days.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The whirlwinds of fire and the smoke that hangs on Scylla suggests allusion to Stromboli and perhaps even Etna.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
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