Sicilian
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- proper noun
- /sɪˈsɪliən/
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siciliano
- Unlike the Hamilton congregation, made up primarily of Sicilians, the Toronto group comprised a variety of regional groups.
- Sicilians and Neapolitans
- Italian—indeed, Sicilian
- Sicilian-Maltese
Examples
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In Milan, for example, even Sicilians or Neapolitans can be considered foreign and culturally different.
Academic text (2008) -
The Sicilians loved him, his subordinates respected him, and his enemies feared him.
Academic text (1991) -
My mom told me that I spoke decent Sicilian at the age of five.
Blog text (2) -
And I think the other thing was, too, that I'm half Sicilian on my mother's side.
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No, I mean, Nick was half Sicilian, half Greek, but that's about it.
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I never met a lot of Sicilians in Rising Star.
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It didn't matter my mother was Sicilian.
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Since you're Italian, Sicilian, I also heard rumours that you are a connoisseur of food.
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Sotto voce, the interviewee testified that her husband was Sicilian and went to church in Little Italy.
Academic text (1998) -
My grandfather was a proud Sicilian who loved sharing stories about his childhood in Sicily.
Synonyms
A person born in or living in Italy
Compounds
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An organized criminal group from Sicily that uses violence to control illegal businesses
A pizza with a thick rectangular crust baked in a pan and topped with tomato sauce and cheese
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sicilian comes from Sicily, the island in Italy, and from the early people called the Sicels who lived there. A helpful way to remember it is that Sicilian means 'from Sicily' or 'relating to Sicily'.