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Sicilian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈsɪljən/
• /sɪˈsɪliən/
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Etymology

From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) 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? 2020 June 12, Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales, “Should we defund the police?”, in Capitalisn't, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2026:

Deriveds

Sicilianness · Sicilianism · anti-Sicilian · Sicilian code · Sicilianization · Anti-Sicilian · Sicilian Italian

Translations (45)

fi sisilialainen (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ro sicilian (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · hu szicíliai (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · sh сицилѝја̄нскӣ (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · sv siciliansk (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · cmn 西西里的 (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · pt siciliano (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · sc sitzilianu (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · fa سیسیلی (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · kmr sicîlyayî (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ru сицили́йский (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · it siciliano (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · fy Sisilysk (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · pl sycylijski (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · sh sicilìjānskī (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · nn siciliansk (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · cs sicilský (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · fy Sisyljaansk (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · tr Sicilyalı (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · nl Siciliaans (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ko 시칠리아의 (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · da siciliansk (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · de sizilianisch (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · hy սիցիլիական (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · grc Σικελικός (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ar صِقِلِّيّ (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · sk sicílsky (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · fr sicilien (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · es siciliano (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ca sicilià (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · vo Sikileänik (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · scn sicilianu (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · gl siciliano (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ka სიცილიური (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ast sicilianu (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · nb siciliansk (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · kmr sîcîlyayî (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · is sikileyskur (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · scn siciliana (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · eu siziliar (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ang Sicilisċ (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · el σικελικός (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · sc sitziliana (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · ja シチリアの (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants) · bg сицилиа́нски (relating to Sicily or its inhabitants)

Sicilian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈsɪljən/
• /sɪˈsɪliən/
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Etymology

From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.

Meanings

1. 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 [...] 1861, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 75, page 553:
2. Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
   • Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly. 2009, Reg Keeland, translator, The Girl Who Played with Fire (translation of, 2006 (publication date), Stieg Larsson, Flickan som lekte med elden), Knopf, chapter 9, page 129

Forms

Hypernyms

the Sicilian Defence (opening) · the Sicilian Defense (opening)

Translations (52)

ro siciliană (person) · scn sicilianu (person) · eo siciliano (person) · nl Siciliaanse (person) · fa سیسیلی (person) · es siciliano (person) · hu szicíliai (person) · ru сицили́йка (person) · sv sicilianare (person) · grc Σικελός (person) · cmn 西西里人 (person) · pl Sycylijka (person) · fr Sicilienne (person) · eo sicilianino (person) · de Sizilianerin (person) · tr Sicilyalı (person) · ja シチリア人 (person) · es siciliana (person) · fr Sicilien (person) · eu siziliar (person) · ro sicilian (person) · pt siciliana (person) · ka სიცილიელი (person) · ro siciliancă (person) · pl Sycylijczyk (person) · it siciliano (person) · gl siciliano (person) · ca siciliana (person) · hy սիցիլիացի (person) · bg сицилиа́нка (person) · ar صِقِلِّيّ (person) · bg сицилиа́нец (person) · nb sicilianer (person) · io Siciliano (person) · vo Sikileänan (person) · nl Siciliaan (person) · ar صِقِلِّية (person) · fi sisilialainen (person) · et sitsiillane (person) · scn siciliana (person) · it siciliana (person) · ast siciliana (person) · ko 시칠리아 사람 (person) · cs Sicilan (person) · ca sicilià (person) · el Σικελή (person) · el Σικελός (person) · ru сицили́ец (person) · ast sicilianu (person) · de Sizilianer (person) · nn sicilianar (person) · pt siciliano (person)

Sicilian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /sɪˈsɪljən/
• /sɪˈsɪliən/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.

Meanings

1. The language of Sicily.
2. A sub-age from 0.781 to 0.26 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Sicilian terms

Translations (48)

ro limba siciliană (language) · es siciliano (language) · da siciliansk (language) · sh sicilìjānskī jèzik (language) · pt siciliano (language) · de Sizilianisch (language) · ko 시칠리아 방언 (language) · scn sicilianu (language) · kmr sicîlyayî (language) · pl język sycylijski (language) · pl sycylijski (language) · fi sisilian kieli (language) · bg сицилиа́нски (language) · fr sicilien (language) · el σικελικά (language) · ka სიცილიური ენა (language) · sh сицилѝја̄нскӣ јѐзик (language) · fy Sisilysk (language) · cs sicilština (language) · hu szicíliai (language) · ru сицили́йский (language) · ar الصقلية (language) · hu szicíliai nyelv (language) · ga an tSicilis (language) · af Sisiliaans (language) · nl Siciliaans (language) · ro siciliană (language) · fa سیسیلی (language) · kmr sîcîlyanî (language) · el σικελική γλώσσα (language) · ka სიცილიური (language) · is sikileyska (language) · it siciliano (language) · vo Sikilieänapük (language) · no siciliansk (language) · sv sicilianska (language) · ja シチリア語 (language) · eu siziliera (language) · ca sicilià (language) · ru сицили́йский язы́к (language) · fi sisilia (language) · tr Sicilyaca (language) · ast sicilianu (language) · kmr sîcîlyayî (language) · cmn 西西里語 (language) · io Siciliana (language) · sc sitzilianu (language) · fy Sisyljaansk (language)