Sicilian

Sicilian

Sicily is an autonomous Italian island. The adjectival form
Sicilian can also refer to:

* Sicilian language
* Sicilian Baroque, baroque architecture in 17th & 18th centuries on Sicily
* Sicilian cart, an ornate, colorful style of horse-drawn cart native to Sicily
* Sicilian Defence, in chess
* Sicilian derby, an annual football (soccer) match in Sicily
* Sicilian Expedition, an abortive military filibuster from Athens in 415 BCE
* Sicilian Fir, "Abies nebrodensis", an evergreen tree native to northern Sicily
* Sicilian octave, an Italian verse form consisting of eight lines of eleven syllables each
* Sicilian people,
* Sicilian pizza, pizza with ingredients incorporated "into" the dough
* Sicilian revolt, (44BCE - 36BCE)
* Sicilian School, poetry (1230 - 1266)
* Sicilian Stage, faunal stage in Europa (0.781-0.26 mya)
* Sicilian Vespers, a rebellion in Sicily in 1282
* Sicilian Wars, a series of wars between Carthage and Greeks (480 BCE - 307 BCE)
* The Sicilian, a novel by Mario Puzo

ee also

* Caecilian, an order of amphibians, occasionally pronounced "Sicilian"


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  • sicilian — SICILIÁN, Ă, sicilieni, e, subst., adj. I. 1. s.m. şi f. Locuitor din Sicilia. 2. adj. Care aparţine sicilienilor (I 1) sau Siciliei, privitor la sicilieni sau la Sicilia. 3. adj. (În sintagma) Apărare siciliană = numele unui sistem de apărare la …   Dicționar Român

  • Sicilian — Si*cil i*an, a. Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants. [1913 Webster] {Sicilian vespers}, the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sicilian — Si*cil i*an, n. A native or inhabitant of Sicily. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sicilian — [si sil′yən, si sil′ē ən] adj. of Sicily or its people, language, or culture n. 1. a person born or living in Sicily 2. the variety of Italian spoken in Sicily * * * See Sicily. * * * …   Universalium

  • Sicilian — [si sil′yən, si sil′ē ən] adj. of Sicily or its people, language, or culture n. 1. a person born or living in Sicily 2. the variety of Italian spoken in Sicily …   English World dictionary

  • Sicilian — [[t]sɪsɪ̱liən[/t]] Sicilians 1) ADJ Sicilian means belonging or relating to Sicily, or to its people or culture. ...the Sicilian village of Corleone. 2) N COUNT A Sicilian is a Sicilian citizen, or a person of Sicilian origin …   English dictionary

  • Sicilian — 1. adjective Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants. 2. noun a) The language of Sicily. Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly. b) A native of …   Wiktionary

  • sicilian — a, sicilian, o adj. et n. sicilienne …   Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • Sicilian — n. & adj. n. 1 a native of Sicily, an island off the S. coast of Italy. 2 a person of Sicilian descent. adj. of or relating to Sicily. Etymology: L Sicilia Sicily …   Useful english dictionary

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