Sicilie

See also: Sicilië and Sicílie

Friulian

Proper noun

Sicilie f

  1. Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía).

Proper noun

Sicilie

  1. Sicily (an island and former kingdom in Europe)
    • 1590, A Summarie of the Chronicles of England, page 733: "The other armie had in it 20 gallies, wherof some were of Sicilie, and some of the Island of Malta, under the charge of John Andreas Dorea a captaine, serving the king of Spaine."

Descendants

  • English: Sicily

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Siculī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.ki.li.e/

Proper noun

Sicilie m pl

  1. the Sicilians
  2. Sicily (an island and former kingdom in europe)

Declension

Derived terms

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