Sicily

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An island of southern Italy in the Mediterranean Sea west of the southern end of the Italian peninsula. It was colonized from the eighth century b.c. by Greeks, who displaced the earlier Phoenician settlers. The next conquerors were Carthaginians, who in turn were conquered by Romans in the third century b.c. After a succession of other rulers the island came under the control of the Normans in the 11th century a.d. and formed the nucleus of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, consisting of Sicily and southern Italy. The island continued to change hands until a later kingdom was conquered by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 and became part of unified Italy.

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Sicily [ˈsɪsɪlɪ]

(Placename) 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 bc; under Normans (12th-13th centuries); formed the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with Naples in 1815; mountainous and volcanic. Capital: Palermo. Pop.: 5 087 794 (2000 est.). Area: 25 460 sq. km (9830 sq. miles) Latin names Sicilia Trinacria Italian name Sicilia

Sic•i•ly (ˈsɪs ə li)

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the largest island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina. 5,141,343; 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Cap.: Palermo. Italian, Sicilia. Ancient, Sicilia, Trinacria.

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Noun	1.	Sicily - the Italian region on the island of Sicily Sicilia Aegadean Islands, Aegadean Isles, Aegates, Egadi Islands, Isole Egadi - a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD Messina - a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina Siracusa, Syracuse - a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC Palermo - the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years Acragas, Agrigento - a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples Etna, Mount Etna, Mt Etna - an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet) Sicilian - a resident of Sicily
	2.	Sicily - the largest island in the Mediterranean Sicilia Passero, Cape Passero - a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719) siege of Syracuse, Syracuse - the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse siege of Syracuse, Syracuse - the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes) Cape Passero, Passero Cape - a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea - the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia

Translations

Sicily [ˈsɪsɪlɪ] N → Sicilia f

Sicily [ˈsɪsɪli] n → Sicile f
in Sicily → en Sicile
to Sicily → en Sicile

Sicily

n → Sizilien nt

Sicily [ˈsɪsɪlɪ] n → la Sicilia

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Acragas Aegadean Islands Aegadean Isles Aegates Aegates Isles Aeneas Agrigento Alcamo Anchises Antonello da Messina Augusta Bon Boniface VIII Bourbon Bourbon dynasty Bourbonism Caltanissetta Cape Passero Catania	I presume "middle" means "middle between the two Greek-speaking countries of Asia Minor and Sicily, with South Italy"; for that parts of Sicily and also large parts, though not the whole of South Italy, were inhabited by Greek-speaking races centuries before the Dorian colonisations can hardly be doubted. The Odyssey by Homer View in context There was a certain person in Sicily who laid out a sum of money which was deposited in his hand in buying up all the iron from the iron merchants; so that when the dealers came from the markets to purchase, there was no one had any to sell but himself; and though he put no great advance upon it, yet by laying out fifty talents he made an hundred. A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context The Carthaginians, reduced to extreme necessity, were compelled to come to terms with Agathocles, and, leaving Sicily to him, had to be content with the possession of Africa. The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context	sic transit gloria mundi Sic. Sica Sicamore Sicanian Sicca Sicca rupee siccar Siccate Siccation siccative Siccific Siccity sice Sicer Sich sicht Sichuan Sicilia Sicilian Sicilian Mafia Sicilian pizza Sicilian Vespers siciliano Sicilienne Sicily sick sick bag sick bay Sick bed sick benefit sick berth sick building syndrome sick call sick day sick headache sick joke sick leave sick list sick note sick of sick parade sick pay sick person Sick room sick up sick-abed Sick-brained sick-dog sick-making sick-out	Sicilian gangster Sicilian gangster Sicilian Mafia Sicilian Mafia Sicilian mobsters Sicilian mobsters Sicilian Operation of 1943 Sicilian pizza Sicilian Sandfly Fever Virus Sicilian School Sicilian Slave Rebellions Sicilian Vespers Sicilian Vespers Sicilian Vespri Sicilian Vespri Sicilian-style pizza Siciliana Siciliana sicilianas sicilianas Siciliano Siciliano sicilianos sicilianos Sicilians Sicilians Sicilienne Sicilies, Two Sicillian Vespers Sicillian Vespers Sicily Sicily, Italy Sicily, Italy Sicily, Kingdom of Sicily/Sicilian SICIMS Sicista sick sick sick sick sick sick sick Sick And A Half sick and tired sick and tired sick and tired sick and tired Sick and Wounded sick as a dog sick as a parrot sick as a parrot sick as a parrot sick at heart sick bag sick bags Sick bay Sick bay Sick bay Sick bay

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Aegadean Islands
Aegadean Isles
Aegates
Aegates Isles
Aeneas
Agrigento
Alcamo
Anchises
Antonello da Messina
Augusta
Bon
Boniface VIII
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Caltanissetta
Cape Passero
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I presume "middle" means "middle between the two Greek-speaking countries of Asia Minor and Sicily, with South Italy"; for that parts of Sicily and also large parts, though not the whole of South Italy, were inhabited by Greek-speaking races centuries before the Dorian colonisations can hardly be doubted.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

There was a certain person in Sicily who laid out a sum of money which was deposited in his hand in buying up all the iron from the iron merchants; so that when the dealers came from the markets to purchase, there was no one had any to sell but himself; and though he put no great advance upon it, yet by laying out fifty talents he made an hundred.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

The Carthaginians, reduced to extreme necessity, were compelled to come to terms with Agathocles, and, leaving Sicily to him, had to be content with the possession of Africa.

The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context

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