[puh-lur-moh, -lair-; It. pah-ler-maw] 
| a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part. 675,501. |
[puh-lur-mi-tn, -lair-] , adjective, noun [sis-uh-lee] | 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. 4,909,996; 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo. |
[si-sil-yuh
n, -sil-ee-uhn] , adjective, noun | Pa·ler·mo (pə-lûr'mō, -lâr'-, pä-lěr'-) A city of northwest Sicily, Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Founded by Phoenicians c. eighth century B.C., it later became a Carthaginian military base and was conquered by Rome in 254-253. The Arabs held the city from A.D. 831 until 1072, when it became capital of the independent kingdom of Sicily (until 1194). Population: 667,000. |