English Explanatory Dictionary

Pelagian Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A group of three islands (Lampedusa, Lampione, and Linosa) belonging to Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, south of Sicily.

Word forms

Pelagian Islands the Pelagian Islands

Etymology

Calque of Latin Īnsulae Pelagiae.

Synonyms

Pelagies Pelagie Pelagie Islands
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