The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.
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lampedusa
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Editorial note
Yes, Lampedusa had been dead for a year when his book was published--but how old was he when he wrote it?
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The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lampedusa.
noun
The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.
Example sentences
Yes, Lampedusa had been dead for a year when his book was published--but how old was he when he wrote it?
Oh, and you guys are a laughing stock with the recent immigration issues, what with Lampedusa being showcased front and center of the news.
There is no moral dilemma in Lampedusa or in Lesbo, only people trying desperately to help their fellow man and getting overwhelmed by the historic tides.
> Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa The appeal of short form names like these is clear considering his full formal name and title is Don Giuseppe Tomasi, 11th Prince of Lampedusa, 12th Duke of Palma, Baron of Montechiaro, Baron of La Torretta, and Grandee of Spain of the first class.
Among the reasons, you can walk and hitchhike from Iraq and Syria to central Europe, but not to the USA; and you have a chance (only a chance) to reach Lampedusa or Pantelleria from Lybia in a dangerously overloaded disposable boat, but not to cross the Atlantic ocean.
As Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote in his masterpiece “il Gattopardo”: everything has to change so that nothing will change.
The Italian coast guard accused the ship of “complicating a delicate rescue coordination operation” and putting more pressure on the migrant reception centre in Lampedusa.
It was also the name of a major Italian naval operation to rescue migrants crossing the Mediterranean in 2013–2014, launched after a particularly tragic shipwreck near Lampedusa.
It has similar feeling to Tolstoy (Anna Kareina, War and Peace) but bit less high-concept and more grounded to reality, maybe bit closer to Il Gattopardo by Lampedusa.
It was discovered after Tomasi di Lampedusa's death by Giorgio Bassani, a talented writer who did not write full-time and who had incredible success with some fantastic novels, such as "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini" (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis).
“Everything must change for everything to remain the same” – Tancredi, Prince Fabrizio Salina’s beloved nephew in the renowned novel “The Leopard”, written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
Is it talent, determination and the right attitude that gets them out of the refugee camp on Lampedusa; or are they at the mercy of a cold and uncaring bureaucracy that just wants to get rid of them?
Quote examples
As Tomasi di Lampedusa wrote in his masterpiece “il Gattopardo”: everything has to change so that nothing will change.
The Italian coast guard accused the ship of “complicating a delicate rescue coordination operation” and putting more pressure on the migrant reception centre in Lampedusa.
It was discovered after Tomasi di Lampedusa's death by Giorgio Bassani, a talented writer who did not write full-time and who had incredible success with some fantastic novels, such as "Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini" (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis).
“Everything must change for everything to remain the same” – Tancredi, Prince Fabrizio Salina’s beloved nephew in the renowned novel “The Leopard”, written by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa.
Proper noun examples
It was also the name of a major Italian naval operation to rescue migrants crossing the Mediterranean in 2013–2014, launched after a particularly tragic shipwreck near Lampedusa.
It has similar feeling to Tolstoy (Anna Kareina, War and Peace) but bit less high-concept and more grounded to reality, maybe bit closer to Il Gattopardo by Lampedusa.
Is it talent, determination and the right attitude that gets them out of the refugee camp on Lampedusa; or are they at the mercy of a cold and uncaring bureaucracy that just wants to get rid of them?
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use lampedusa in a sentence?
Yes, Lampedusa had been dead for a year when his book was published--but how old was he when he wrote it?
What does lampedusa mean?
The largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia.
What part of speech is lampedusa?
lampedusa is commonly used as noun.