Lipari

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Lipari.

Proper noun

Lipari (countable and uncountable, plural Liparis)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. The largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, southern Italy.
   2. A municipality in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy and the largest settlement of the homonymous island.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Italian.

Derived terms

• Liparian

Translations

island off the coast of Sicily, Italy

• Bulgarian: Липари (Lipari)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利帕里 (Lìpàlǐ)

• French: Lipari (fr)
• Greek: Λίπαρι (el) n (Lípari)
• Italian: Lipari
• Russian: Липари (ru) (Lipari)
• Spanish: Lipari

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lipari is the 14549^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2048 individuals. Lipari is most common among White (92.87%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lipari”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 444.

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.pa.ri/
• Rhymes: -ipari
• Hyphenation: Lì‧pa‧ri

Proper noun

Lipari f

1. Lipari (a municipality of the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy)

Proper noun

Lipari ?

1. the largest of the Aeolian islands off the coast of Sicily, Italy

Proper noun

Lipari m or f by sense

1. a habitational surname

Derived terms

• liparota

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2024

Anagrams

• aprili