Sicilian

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English

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Sicilian

Wiktionary

Sicilian edition of Wiktionary

Etymology

From Latin Sicilia +‎ -an.^[1] By surface analysis, Sicily +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪˈsɪlɪən/, /sɪˈsɪljən/
Audio (US): (file)
Homophone: caecilian

Adjective

Sicilian (not comparable)

Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Derived terms

Translations

relating to Sicily or its inhabitants

Arabic: صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy)
Armenian: սիցիլիական (sicʻiliakan)
Asturian: sicilianu (ast)
Basque: siziliar
Bulgarian: сицилиа́нски (siciliánski)
Catalan: sicilià (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西西里的 (Xīxīlǐ de)
Czech: sicilský (cs)
Danish: siciliansk
Dutch: Siciliaans (nl)
Finnish: sisilialainen (fi)
French: sicilien (fr) m
Galician: siciliano (gl)
Georgian: სიცილიური (siciliuri)
German: sizilianisch (de)
Greek: σικελικός (el) (sikelikós)
Ancient: Σικελικός (Sikelikós)
Hungarian: szicíliai (hu)
Italian: siciliano (it)
Japanese: シチリアの (Shichiria no)
Korean: 시칠리아의 (sichilliaui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sicîlyayî (ku), sîcîlyayî (ku)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: siciliansk

Nynorsk: siciliansk
Old English: Sicilisċ
Persian: سیسیلی (fa) (sisili)
Polish: sycylijski (pl)
Portuguese: siciliano (pt)
Romanian: sicilian (ro)
Russian: сицили́йский (ru) (sicilíjskij)
Sardinian: sitzilianu m, sitziliana f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сицилѝја̄нскӣ

Roman: sicilìjānskī (sh)
Sicilian: sicilianu (scn) m, siciliana (scn) f
Slovak: sicílsky
Spanish: siciliano (es)
Swedish: siciliansk (sv)
Turkish: Sicilyalı (tr)
Volapük: Sikileänik (vo)
West Frisian: Sisyljaansk n, Sisilysk n (rare)

Proper noun

Sicilian

The language of Sicily.

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Sisiliaans
Arabic: الصقلية
Asturian: sicilianu (ast) m
Basque: siziliera (eu)
Bulgarian: сицилиа́нски (siciliánski)
Catalan: sicilià (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西西里語 (Xīxīlǐ yǔ)
Czech: sicilština (cs) f
Danish: siciliansk n
Dutch: Siciliaans (nl) n
Finnish: sisilia (fi), sisilian kieli
French: sicilien (fr) m
Georgian: სიცილიური (siciliuri), სიცილიური ენა (siciliuri ena)
German: Sizilianisch (de) n
Greek: σικελικά (el) n pl (sikeliká), σικελική γλώσσα f (sikelikí glóssa)
Hungarian: szicíliai nyelv, szicíliai (hu)
Ido: Siciliana (io)
Irish: an tSicilis
Italian: siciliano (it) m
Japanese: シチリア語 (ja) (Shichiria-go)
Korean: 시칠리아 방언 (sichillia bang'eon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sicîlyayî (ku), sîcîlyayî (ku), sîcîlyanî
Norwegian: siciliansk m
Persian: سیسیلی (fa) (sisili)
Polish: sycylijski (pl) m, język sycylijski m
Portuguese: siciliano (pt) m
Romanian: siciliană (ro) f, limba siciliană f
Russian: сицили́йский (ru) m (sicilíjskij), сицили́йский язы́к m (sicilíjskij jazýk)
Sardinian: sitzilianu m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сицилѝја̄нскӣ јѐзик m

Roman: sicilìjānskī jèzik m
Sicilian: sicilianu (scn) m
Spanish: siciliano (es) m
Swedish: sicilianska (sv) c
Turkish: Sicilyaca (tr)
Volapük: Sikilieänapük
West Frisian: Sisyljaansk n, Sisilysk n (rare)

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Sicilian terms

Further reading

ISO 639-3 code scn (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Sicilian, scn ⁠
“Sicilian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Noun

Sicilian (plural Sicilians)

A native of Sicily.
Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
- 2009, Reg Keeland, translator, The Girl Who Played with Fire (translation of, 2006 (publication date), Stieg Larsson, Flickan som lekte med elden), Knopf, →ISBN, chapter 9, page 129:
  Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.

Hypernyms

(opening): the Sicilian Defence, the Sicilian Defense

Translations

person

Arabic: صِقِلِّية f (ṣiqilliya), صِقِلِّيّ m (ṣiqilliyy)
Armenian: սիցիլիացի (sicʻiliacʻi)
Asturian: sicilianu (ast) m, siciliana (ast) f
Basque: siziliar
Bulgarian: сицилиа́нец m (siciliánec), сицилиа́нка f (siciliánka)
Catalan: sicilià (ca) m, siciliana (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西西里人 (Xīxīlǐ rén)
Czech: Sicilan m
Dutch: Siciliaan (nl) m, Siciliaanse (nl) f
Esperanto: siciliano (man or woman), sicilianino (woman)
Estonian: sitsiillane
Finnish: sisilialainen (fi)
French: Sicilien (fr) m, Sicilienne (fr) f
Galician: siciliano (gl) m
Georgian: სიცილიელი (sicilieli)
German: Sizilianer (de) m, Sizilianerin (de) f
Greek: Σικελός (el) m (Sikelós), Σικελή (el) f (Sikelí)
Ancient: Σικελός m (Sikelós)
Hungarian: szicíliai (hu)
Ido: Siciliano (io)
Italian: siciliano (it) m, siciliana (it) f
Japanese: シチリア人 (Shichiria-jin)
Korean: 시칠리아 사람 (sichillia saram)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sicilianer m

Nynorsk: sicilianar m
Persian: سیسیلی (fa) (sisili)
Polish: Sycylijczyk (pl) m, Sycylijka (pl) f
Portuguese: siciliano (pt) m, siciliana f
Romanian: sicilian (ro) m, siciliană (ro) f, siciliancă f
Russian: сицили́ец (ru) m (sicilíjec), сицили́йка (ru) f (sicilíjka)
Sicilian: sicilianu (scn) m, siciliana (scn) f
Spanish: siciliano (es) m, siciliana (es) f
Swedish: sicilianare (sv) c
Turkish: Sicilyalı (tr)
Volapük: Sikileänan (vo)

chess opening — see Sicilian Defence

References

^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “Sicilian, a. and n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

silician

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