Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

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A calque of Italian Regno delle Due Sicilie and Latin Regnum Utriusque Siciliae, both named in reference to the 1816 creation of the state as the personal union of the Kingdom of Sicily before Faro (the Kingdom of Naples, by its formal name), and the Kingdom of Sicily beyond Faro (the Kingdom of Sicily proper).

proper noun the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

  1. historical A former kingdom in southern Italy with its capital at Palermo and Naples between 1816 and 1861, covering Sicily and most of the present-day Mezzogiorno.

    Similar: Two Sicilies, Sicily, Kingdom of Naples, Naples

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name historical kingdom covering Sicily and that part of the Italian peninsula south of the Papal States

हिन्दीदो सिसिली राज्य do sisilī rājya
FrançaisRoyaume des Deux-Siciles
DeutschKönigreich beider Sizilien
ItalianoRegno delle Due Sicilie
RomânăRegatul celor Două Sicilii

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"Kingdom of the Two Sicilies." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kingdom%20of%20the%20two%20sicilies. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kingdom%20of%20the%20two%20sicilies

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"Kingdom of the Two Sicilies." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kingdom%20of%20the%20two%20sicilies.

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@misc{kingdom_of_the_two_sicilies_2026,
  title = {Kingdom of the Two Sicilies},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kingdom%20of%20the%20two%20sicilies},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}