Sicilian

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Sicilian edition of Wiktionary

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈsɪlɪən/, /sɪˈsɪljən/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: caecilian

Adjective

Sicilian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Derived terms

• anti-Sicilian
• Sicilian American
• Sicilian code
• Sicilian Italian

 

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

1. 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)

1. A native of Sicily.
2. 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

1. 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