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Sicilian

Sicilian

3.9
A person born or living in Sicily
  • noun
  • /sɪˈsɪliən/
translation icon : siciliano
  • As a Sicilian, she brought delicious food and music to the party.

And the Italians discover they're a nation and they unify instead of being, you know, Florentines and Romans and, and you know, Sicilians.

Examples

  • And like every sicilian, you want to go to America and start a pizzeria in New Jersey.

  • I couldn't believe my eyes that a Korean artist was affecting and influencing Sicilians to listen to their music.

  • I just know that Sicilian people and black people love to dance, right?

  • The sicilians love you for what you say.

  • My old friend, i must say that here in Rome, I follow, as a sicilian, of course, your young friend's career with pride, for his... for his clashing style.

  • His disastrous agrarian reforms of united Sicilian land owners and peasants against him.

  • Many Sicilians are proud of their unique cultural heritage and traditions.

  • The festival was a celebration of Sicilian culture, featuring local dishes and folk dances.

Synonyms

Italian
vsSicilian
1.0

A person born in or living in Italy

is from a specific island region within that country

Compounds

1 6.7

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

Sicilian singular
Sicilians plural

Morphology

Sicilian = Sicily (transparent) = Sicily + ian

The suffix '-ian' is a common English suffix used to denote origin or relation to a place.

Etymology

Sicilian comes from the name of the island Sicily, which was named after an old people called the Sicels who lived there long ago. So a Sicilian is a person who comes 'from Sicily'.