Sicily
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sicily in British English:
UK [ˈsɪsɪli]
How to pronounce Sicily in American English:
US [ˈsɪsəli]
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- Noun:
- the Italian region on the island of Sicily
- the largest island in the Mediterranean
Word Origin
- Sicily
- island off the southwest tip of Italy, from Latin Sicilia, from Greek Sikelia, from Sikeloi (plural) "Sicilians," from the name of an ancient people living along the Tiber, whence part of them emigrated to the island that was thereafter named for them. The Greeks distinguished Sikeliotes "a Greek colonist in Sicily" from Sikelos "a native Sicilian." Related: Sicilian.
Example
- 1. And sicily is notorious for its extravagant administration .
- 2. Rome pushed the carthaginians from sicily .
- 3. How much cash rome will need to put into sicily remains to be seen .
- 4. Dust blows across the mediterranean from north africa and across sicily to western greece .
- 5. I did make up for it not long afterwards by taking a long weekend in sicily .