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Sicilian
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sicilian
English
scn
Etymology
From en la:Sicilia -an.a. and n. 1 00224197 en Sicily -an.
Pronunciation
en /sɪˈsɪliən/ /sɪˈsɪljən/
en en-us-Sicilian.ogg US
en caecilian
Adjective
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en <<r/Sicily>>, <<c/Italy>>.
en Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales Should we defund the police? Capitalisn't https://alumniandfriends.uchicago.edu/s/uchicago-review-story/a4X1U000000t0DIUAY/should-we-defund-the-police 2020-06-12 Sorry, I’m Italian, and let’s say I see that Sicilian policemen arrest less people in Sicily. This could be for two reasons, one is that everybody else overarrests, or the Sicilian policemen underarrest. And can you tell those two things apart? https://archive.ph/Guvnk 2026-02-20
Derived terms
en Anti-Sicilian Sicilianism Sicilianization Sicilianness anti-Sicilian Sicilian code Sicilian Italian
Translations
relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
Arabic: ar صِقِلِّيّ
Armenian: hy սիցիլիական
Asturian: ast sicilianu
Basque: eu siziliar
Bulgarian: bg сицилиа́нски
Catalan: ca sicilià
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西西里的 Xīxīlǐ de
Czech: cs sicilský
Danish: da siciliansk
Dutch: nl Siciliaans
Finnish: fi sisilialainen
French: fr sicilien m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Sisyljaansk n, fy Sisilysk n rare
Galician: gl siciliano
Georgian: ka სიცილიური
German: de sizilianisch
Greek: el σικελικός
Ancient Greek: grc Σικελικός
Hungarian: hu szicíliai
Icelandic: is sikileyskur
Italian: it siciliano
Japanese: ja シチリアの Shichiria no
Korean: ko 시칠리아의
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr sicîlyayî, kmr sîcîlyayî
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb siciliansk
Nynorsk: nn siciliansk
Old English: ang Sicilisċ
Persian: fa سیسیلی sisili
Polish: pl sycylijski
Portuguese: pt siciliano
Romanian: ro sicilian
Russian: ru сицили́йский
Sardinian: sc sitzilianu m, sc sitziliana f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh сицилѝја̄нскӣ
Latin: sh sicilìjānskī
Sicilian: scn sicilianu m, scn siciliana f
Slovak: sk sicílsky
Spanish: es siciliano
Swedish: sv siciliansk
Turkish: tr Sicilyalı
Volapük: vo Sikileänik
Proper noun
The language of Sicily.
en geology A sub-age from 0.781 to 0.26 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
Translations
language
Afrikaans: af Sisiliaans
Arabic: ar الصقلية
Asturian: ast sicilianu m
Basque: eu siziliera
Bulgarian: bg сицилиа́нски
Catalan: ca sicilià m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西西里語 Xīxīlǐ yǔ
Czech: cs sicilština f
Danish: da siciliansk n
Dutch: nl Siciliaans n
Finnish: fi sisilia, fi sisilian kieli
French: fr sicilien m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Sisyljaansk n, fy Sisilysk n rare
Georgian: ka სიცილიური, ka სიცილიური ენა
German: de Sizilianisch n
Greek: el σικελικά n-p, el σικελική γλώσσα f
Hungarian: hu szicíliai nyelv, hu szicíliai
Icelandic: is sikileyska f
Ido: io Siciliana
Irish: ga an tSicilis
Italian: it siciliano m
Japanese: ja シチリア語 Shichiria-go
Korean: ko 시칠리아 방언
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr sicîlyayî, kmr sîcîlyayî, kmr sîcîlyanî
Norwegian: no siciliansk m
Persian: fa سیسیلی sisili
Polish: pl sycylijski m, pl język sycylijski m
Portuguese: pt siciliano m
Romanian: ro siciliană f, ro limba siciliană f
Russian: ru сицили́йский m, ru сицили́йский язы́к m
Sardinian: sc sitzilianu m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh сицилѝја̄нскӣ јѐзик m
Latin: sh sicilìjānskī jèzik m
Sicilian: scn sicilianu m
Spanish: es siciliano m
Swedish: sv sicilianska c
Turkish: tr Sicilyaca
Volapük: vo Sikilieänapük
See also
scn
Further reading
1 scn
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Noun
en <<r/Sicily>>, <<c/Italy>>.
en 1861 The Foreign Quarterly Review 75 553 The picture of devastated Palermo which he draws fills up the measure of the dastardly oppression which has now passed away; more disgraceful excesses than those committed by the Bavarese, as the Sicilians called the royal troops, were [...]
Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
2009, Reg Keeland, translator, The Girl Who Played with Fire (translation of, 2006 (publication date), Stieg Larsson, Flickan som lekte med elden), Knopf, 9780307269980, chapter 9, page 129:
Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.
Hypernyms
opening en Sicilian Defence the Sicilian Defence, en Sicilian Defense the Sicilian Defense
Translations
person
Arabic: ar صِقِلِّية f, ar صِقِلِّيّ m
Armenian: hy սիցիլիացի
Asturian: ast sicilianu m, ast siciliana f
Basque: eu siziliar
Bulgarian: bg сицилиа́нец m, bg сицилиа́нка f
Catalan: ca sicilià m, ca siciliana f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 西西里人 Xīxīlǐ rén
Czech: cs Sicilan m
Dutch: nl Siciliaan m, nl Siciliaanse f
Esperanto: eo siciliano man or woman, eo sicilianino woman
Estonian: et sitsiillane
Finnish: fi sisilialainen
French: fr Sicilien m, fr Sicilienne f
Galician: gl siciliano m
Georgian: ka სიცილიელი
German: de Sizilianer m, de Sizilianerin f
Greek: el Σικελός m, el Σικελή f
Ancient Greek: grc Σικελός m
Hungarian: hu szicíliai
Ido: io Siciliano
Italian: it siciliano m, it siciliana f
Japanese: ja シチリア人 Shichiria-jin
Korean: ko 시칠리아 사람
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb sicilianer m
Nynorsk: nn sicilianar m
Persian: fa سیسیلی sisili
Polish: pl Sycylijczyk m, pl Sycylijka f
Portuguese: pt siciliano m, pt siciliana f
Romanian: ro sicilian m, ro siciliană f, ro siciliancă f
Russian: ru сицили́ец m, ru сицили́йка f
Sicilian: scn sicilianu m, scn siciliana f
Spanish: es siciliano m, es siciliana f
Swedish: sv sicilianare c
Turkish: tr Sicilyalı
Volapük: vo Sikileänan
chess opening Sicilian Defence
References
Anagrams
en aciiilns silician
en terms suffixed with -ian
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