sicilian
sicilian Lexical Profile
• adjective
Relating to Sicily, its people, its culture, or its Romance language.
"The restaurant specializes in traditional Sicilian cuisine, featuring fresh seafood, citrus, and locally grown pistachios."
• noun
A native or inhabitant of Sicily, an autonomous island region of Italy in the central Mediterranean Sea, or a person of Sicilian descent.
"Many Sicilians immigrated to the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
The Romance language (or group of dialects) spoken on the island of Sicily and in parts of southern mainland Italy, influenced historically by Greek, Arabic, Norman French, and Spanish.
"Although standard Italian is taught in schools, many locals still speak Sicilian at home with their families."
• Rhymes for sicilian
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'Sicilianus', relating to 'Sicilia' (Sicily), which was named after the Sicels (Latin 'Siculi', Ancient Greek 'Sikeloi'), an ancient Italic tribe that inhabited the eastern part of the island.
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