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Sicania
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Latin
thumb|Sicānia in mediā imāgine colōre viridī mōnstrātur.
Etymology
la Sicānia :der grc:Σῑ̆κᾰνῐ́ᾱ + 1
Pronunciation
Sicānia
Proper noun
Sicānia<1>
la ancient region isl/Sicily in modern c/Italy Sicania
la island south of and belonging to modern c/Italy Sicily Trinacria
la Ovid Metamorphoses 5 465 466 Sicaniam repetit, dumque omnia lustrat eundo, / venit et ad Cyanen. She returned to Sicily, and while crossing it from end to end, she came to Cyane.
la Plin. Naturalis Historia 3 14 Verum ante omnes claritate Sicilia, Sicania Thucydidi dicta, Trinacria pluribus aut Trinacia a triangula specie... But before all the islands of the Mediterranean in renown stands Sicily, called by Thucydides Sicania and by a good many authors Triuacria or Trinacia from its triangular shape...
Declension
Sicānia<1>
Related terms
la sicānus
la sicānicus
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