Sicily
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelia), from Σίκελος (Sikelos, “Sicels”), the name of an ancient, indigenous people on the Tiber.
Proper noun [edit]
Sicily (plural Sicilies) (see Usage notes below)
- An autonomous region and island of Italy.
Usage notes [edit]
- While the rules of English state that proper nouns ending in y add an s to form their plural (as in Germanys and Marys), Sicily is an exception to this rule, as in The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
island
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