Sicily

English Etymology From en enm Sicilie, en Sicilye, from en ang Sicilia, from en la Sicilia, from en grc Σικελία, from grc Σίκελος Sicel. en Sicilia. Pronunciation en /ˈsɪsɪli/ /ˈsɪsəli/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sicily.wav Southern England en cicely Proper noun ies see usage notes below en Q1460en The largest <<island>> in the Mediterranean Sea, an <<autonomous region>> of <<c/Italy>>, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily. en historical en Kingdom of Sicily, a former kingdom controlling the island and some of southern Italy in the medieval and early modern period en historical en Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom controlling southern Italy and claiming sovereignty over the island in the early modern period en historical en Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom controlling the island and most of southern Italy in the 19th century Usage notes English proper nouns ending in y usually add an s to form their plural (as in Germanys and Marys). Sicily is an exception to this pattern, as in Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. For more, see English plurals#Plurals of nouns in -y English plurals § Plurals of nouns in -y Meronyms en Agrigento Caltanissetta Catania Enna Messina Palermo Ragusa Syracuse Trapani largest island in the Mediterranean Sea Derived terms en Emirate of Sicily en Sicilian en Strait of Sicily Related terms en Sicel Sicilian Siceliot Sikeliot Siculian Siculi Siculish Sicilian Italian Translations island in the Mediterranean Sea Afrikaans: af Sisilië Albanian: sq Siçilia f, sq Siçighja f Amharic: am ሲኪልያ Antillean Creole: gcf Sisil f Arabic: ar صِقِلِّيَّة f Egyptian Arabic: arz سيسيليا f sisilia Hijazi Arabic: acw صِقِلِّيَّة f ṣigilliya, ṣiqilliya Aragonese: an Secilia f Armenian: hy Սիցիլիա Asturian: ast Sicilia f Azerbaijani: az Siciliya, az Siqilliyyə Basque: eu Sizilia Belarusian: be Сыцылія f Bengali: bn সিসিলি, bn সিকিল্লি Breton: br Sikilia f Bulgarian: bg Сицѝлия f Catalan: ca Sicília f Chechen: ce Сицили Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 西西里 Xixīlǐ Chuvash: cv Сицили Cornish: kw Sisili f Corsican: co Sicilia f Czech: cs Sicílie f Danish: da Sicilien Dutch: nl Sicilië n Esperanto: eo Sicilio Estonian: et Sitsiilia Extremaduran: ext Sicília f Faroese: fo Sikiloy f, fo Sisilia f Finnish: fi Sisilia Franco-Provençal: frp Secila f, frp Sicila f French: fr Sicile f Middle French: frm Sycile f Frisian: North Frisian: frr Siziilien n West Frisian: fy Sisylje n Friulian: fur Sicilie f Gagauz: gag Siţiliya Galician: gl Sicilia f Georgian: ka სიცილია German: de Sizilien n Alemannic German: gsw Sizilie n Bavarian: bar Sizilien n Greek: el Σικελία f Ancient Greek: grc Σικελία f Haitian Creole: ht Sisil f Hausa: ha Sisiliya Hawaiian: haw Kikilia Hebrew: he סִיצִילְיָה f Hindi: hi सिसिली, hi सक़लिया , hi सिक़िल्लिया m Hungarian: hu Szicília Icelandic: is Sikiley f Ido: io Sicilia Indonesian: id Sisilia Irish: ga Sicil f An tSicil Italian: it Sicilia f Japanese: ja シチリア Shichiria, ja シチリア州 Shichiria-shū region, ja シチリア島 Shichiria-tō island, ja シシリー Shishirī, ja シシリー島 Shishirī-tō Javanese: jv Sisilia Kazakh: kk Сицилия Korean: ko ^시칠리아 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb سیسیلیا f Northern Kurdish: kmr Sîcîlya f Kyrgyz: ky Сицилия Ladino: lad Sisilia f Latin: la Sicilia f Latvian: lv Sicīlija f Ligurian: lij Siçilia f Limburgish: li Sicilië n Lithuanian: lt Sicilija f Low German: German Low German: nds-de Sizilien n Luxembourgish: lb Sizilien n Macedonian: mk Сицилија f Malayalam: ml സിസിലി Maltese: mt Sqallija m Manchu: mnc ᠰᠠᡳᠰᠠᡵᡳᠮᠰᡴᡳ Māori: mi Hihirī Marathi: mr सिसिली, mr सिचिल्या Middle English: enm Sicilie, enm Sicilye Mingrelian: xmf სიცილია Neapolitan: nap Sicilia f Norman: nrf Sicile f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Sicilia f Nynorsk: nn Sicilia f Occitan: oc Sicília f Odia: or ସିସିଲି Old English: ang Sicilia f Old Galician-Portuguese: roa-opt Cezilla f Old Norse: non Sikiley f, non Sikelö Ossetian: os Сицили Persian: fa سیسیل sisil, fa صقلیه seqelliyye Picard: pcd Sicile f Piedmontese: pms Sicilia f Polish: pl Sycylia f Portuguese: pt Sicília f Punjabi: pa ਸਿਚੀਲੀਆ Romanian: ro Sicilia f Cyrillic: ro Сичилия f Sicilia Russian: ru Сици́лия f Sardinian: sc Sitzìlia f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Сѝцӣлија f Latin: sh Sìcīlija f Sicilian: scn Sicilia f Silesian: szl Sycylijo n Slovak: sk Sicília f Slovene: sl Sicílija f Somali: so Sasiiliya Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Siciliska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Sicilska f Spanish: es Sicilia f Swahili: sw Sisilia Swedish: sv Sicilien n Tagalog: tl Sisily Tamil: ta சிசிலி Tarantino: roa-tar Sicilie f Telugu: te సిసిలీ Thai: th ซิซิลี sí-sí-lee Tibetan: bo སི་ཅི་ལི་ཡ། Turkish: tr Sicilya Ottoman Turkish: ota سچلیا, ota صقلیه Ukrainian: uk Сици́лія f Urdu: ur صقلیہ Venetan: vec Siciłia f Volapük: vo Sikileän Welsh: cy Sisili f West Flemish: vls Sicilië n Yakut: sah Сициилийэ, sah Сицилия Yiddish: yi סיציליע f See also en exonyms