Sicilie

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See also: Sicilië and Sicílie

Friulian

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Proper noun

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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)
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See also

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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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

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  • English: Sicily

Old English

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Etymology

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From Latin Siculī.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sicilie m pl

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

Declension

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