Sicilian
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Sicilian
- /sɪˈsɪliən/
- /sɪˈsɪljən/
Sounds like caecilian
Where it comes from
From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.
adjective
- Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy. Sorry, I’m Italian, and let’s say I see that Sicilian policemen arrest less people in Sicily. This could be for two reasons, one is that everybody else overarrests, or the Sicilian policemen underarrest. And can you tell those two things apart?
proper noun
- The language of Sicily.
- A sub-age from 0.781 to 0.26 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
noun Sicilians
- A native or inhabitant of Sicily, Italy. The picture of devastated Palermo which he draws fills up the measure of the dastardly oppression which has now passed away; more disgraceful excesses than those committed by the Bavarese, as the Sicilians called the royal troops, were [...]
- Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5. Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sicilia, sicily, siciliana, sicanian, agrigentine, sardinian, catanian, syracusan, palermitan, siquijorian, tuscan, sikyonian, italo-romance, ithacensian, italic, illyrian
Translations
Every language
adj relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
| Español | siciliano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시칠리아의 sichilliaui |
| 日本語 | シチリアの Shichiria no |
| 中文 | 西西里的 Xīxīlǐ de |
| Português | siciliano |
| Français | sicilien |
| Deutsch | sizilianisch |
| Italiano | siciliano |
| Ελληνικά | σικελικός sikelikós |
| Română | sicilian |
| Русский | сицили́йский sicilíjskij |
| العربية | صِقِلِّيّ ṣiqilliyy |
name language
| Español | siciliano |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시칠리아 방언 sichillia bang'eon |
| 日本語 | シチリア語 Shichiria-go |
| 中文 | 西西里語 Xīxīlǐ yǔ |
| Português | siciliano |
| Français | sicilien |
| Deutsch | Sizilianisch |
| Italiano | siciliano |
| Ελληνικά | σικελικά sikeliká, σικελική γλώσσα sikelikí glóssa |
| Română | siciliană, limba siciliană |
| Русский | сицили́йский sicilíjskij, сицили́йский язы́к sicilíjskij jazýk |
| العربية | الصقلية |
noun person
| Español | siciliano, siciliana |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시칠리아 사람 sichillia saram |
| 日本語 | シチリア人 Shichiria-jin |
| 中文 | 西西里人 Xīxīlǐ rén |
| Português | siciliano, siciliana |
| Français | Sicilien, Sicilienne |
| Deutsch | Sizilianer, Sizilianerin |
| Italiano | siciliano, siciliana |
| Ελληνικά | Σικελός Sikelós, Σικελή Sikelí |
| Română | sicilian, siciliană, siciliancă |
| Русский | сицили́ец sicilíjec, сицили́йка sicilíjka |
| العربية | صِقِلِّية ṣiqilliya, صِقِلِّيّ ṣiqilliyy |
Talk about this word "Sicilian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sicilian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Sicilian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sicilian "Sicilian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sicilian.Cite this
@misc{sicilian_2026,
title = {Sicilian},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sicilian},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
