adj
Meaning 1
Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
Sicilian
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/sɪˈsɪlɪən/
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/sɪˈsɪljən/
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homophone: caecilian
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CMU ARPABET: S IH0 S IH1 L IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The language of Sicily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 3
A sub-age from 0.781 to 0.26 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A native or inhabitant of Sicily, <.
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noun
Meaning 5
Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
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adjective
Meaning 6
of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Sicilian Mafia
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noun
Meaning 7
a resident of Sicily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Italian
Narrower terms: mafioso
History
Etymology
From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.
Across languages
Translations
145 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Armenian: սիցիլիական (sicʻiliakan) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Asturian: sicilianu — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Basque: siziliar — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Bulgarian: сицилиа́нски (siciliánski) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Catalan: sicilià — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Chinese Mandarin: 西西里的 (Xīxīlǐ de) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Czech: sicilský — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Danish: siciliansk — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Dutch: Siciliaans — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Finnish: sisilialainen — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- French: sicilien — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- West-Frisian: Sisyljaansk — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- West-Frisian: Sisilysk — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Galician: siciliano — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Georgian: სიცილიური (siciliuri) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- German: sizilianisch — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Greek: σικελικός (sikelikós) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Ancient Greek: Σικελικός (Sikelikós) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Hungarian: szicíliai — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Icelandic: sikileyskur — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Italian: siciliano — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Japanese: シチリアの (Shichiria no) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Korean: 시칠리아의 (sichilliaui) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Northern Kurdish: sicîlyayî — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Northern Kurdish: sîcîlyayî — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Norwegian Bokmål: siciliansk — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: siciliansk — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Old English: Sicilisċ — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Persian: سیسیلی (sisili) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Polish: sycylijski — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Portuguese: siciliano — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Romanian: sicilian — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Russian: сицили́йский (sicilíjskij) — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Sardinian: sitzilianu — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Sardinian: sitziliana — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Serbo-Croatian: сицилѝја̄нскӣ — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Serbo-Croatian: sicilìjānskī — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Sicilian: sicilianu — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Sicilian: siciliana — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Slovak: sicílsky — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Spanish: siciliano — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Swedish: siciliansk — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Turkish: Sicilyalı — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Volapük: Sikileänik — relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Afrikaans: Sisiliaans — language
- Arabic: الصقلية — language
- Asturian: sicilianu — language
- Basque: siziliera — language
- Bulgarian: сицилиа́нски (siciliánski) — language
- Catalan: sicilià — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 西西里語 (Xīxīlǐ yǔ) — language
- Czech: sicilština — language
- Danish: siciliansk — language
- Dutch: Siciliaans — language
- Finnish: sisilia — language
- Finnish: sisilian kieli — language
- French: sicilien — language
- West-Frisian: Sisyljaansk — language
- West-Frisian: Sisilysk — language
- Georgian: სიცილიური (siciliuri) — language
- Georgian: სიცილიური ენა (siciliuri ena) — language
- German: Sizilianisch — language
- Greek: σικελικά (sikeliká) — language
- Greek: σικελική γλώσσα (sikelikí glóssa) — language
- Hungarian: szicíliai nyelv — language
- Hungarian: szicíliai — language
- Icelandic: sikileyska — language
- Ido: Siciliana — language
- Irish: an tSicilis — language
- Italian: siciliano — language
- Japanese: シチリア語 (Shichiria-go) — language
- Korean: 시칠리아 방언 (sichillia bang'eon) — language
- Northern Kurdish: sicîlyayî — language
- Northern Kurdish: sîcîlyayî — language
- Northern Kurdish: sîcîlyanî — language
- Norwegian: siciliansk — language
- Persian: سیسیلی (sisili) — language
- Polish: sycylijski — language
- Polish: język sycylijski — language
- Portuguese: siciliano — language
- Romanian: siciliană — language
- Romanian: limba siciliană — language
- Russian: сицили́йский (sicilíjskij) — language
- Russian: сицили́йский язы́к (sicilíjskij jazýk) — language
- Sardinian: sitzilianu — language
- Serbo-Croatian: сицилѝја̄нскӣ јѐзик — language
- Serbo-Croatian: sicilìjānskī jèzik — language
- Sicilian: sicilianu — language
- Spanish: siciliano — language
- Swedish: sicilianska — language
- Turkish: Sicilyaca — language
- Volapük: Sikilieänapük — language
- Arabic: صِقِلِّية (ṣiqilliya) — person
- Arabic: صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy) — person
- Armenian: սիցիլիացի (sicʻiliacʻi) — person
- Asturian: sicilianu — person
- Asturian: siciliana — person
- Basque: siziliar — person
- Bulgarian: сицилиа́нец (siciliánec) — person
- Bulgarian: сицилиа́нка (siciliánka) — person
- Catalan: sicilià — person
- Catalan: siciliana — person
- Chinese Mandarin: 西西里人 (Xīxīlǐ rén) — person
- Czech: Sicilan — person
- Dutch: Siciliaan — person
- Dutch: Siciliaanse — person
- Esperanto: siciliano — person
- Esperanto: sicilianino — person
- Estonian: sitsiillane — person
- Finnish: sisilialainen — person
- French: Sicilien — person
- French: Sicilienne — person
- Galician: siciliano — person
- Georgian: სიცილიელი (sicilieli) — person
- German: Sizilianer — person
- German: Sizilianerin — person
- Greek: Σικελός (Sikelós) — person
- Greek: Σικελή (Sikelí) — person
- Ancient Greek: Σικελός (Sikelós) — person
- Hungarian: szicíliai — person
- Ido: Siciliano — person
- Italian: siciliano — person
- Italian: siciliana — person
- Japanese: シチリア人 (Shichiria-jin) — person
- Korean: 시칠리아 사람 (sichillia saram) — person
- Norwegian Bokmål: sicilianer — person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sicilianar — person
- Persian: سیسیلی (sisili) — person
- Polish: Sycylijczyk — person
- Polish: Sycylijka — person
- Portuguese: siciliano — person
- Portuguese: siciliana — person
- Romanian: sicilian — person
- Romanian: siciliană — person
- Romanian: siciliancă — person
- Russian: сицили́ец (sicilíjec) — person
- Russian: сицили́йка (sicilíjka) — person
- Sicilian: sicilianu — person
- Sicilian: siciliana — person
- Spanish: siciliano — person
- Spanish: siciliana — person
- Swedish: sicilianare — person
- Turkish: Sicilyalı — person
- Volapük: Sikileänan — person
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