sicilian's
ə noun
an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
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| Sicilia, Latin names: Trinacria, Italian name: Sicilia the largest island in the Mediterranean, separated from the tip of SW Italy by the Strait of Messina: administratively an autonomous region of Italy; settled by Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians before the Roman conquest of 241 | |
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
Sicily
island off the southern tip of Italy, from L. Sicilia, from Gk. Sikelia, from Sikeloi (pl.) "Sicilians," from the name of an ancient people on the Tiber, whence part of them emigrated to the island that was named for them.
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Sicily definition
Island in southern Italy on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from the Italian mainland by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its capital is Palermo.
Note: It is the largest Mediterranean island.
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