Sicilian

See also: sicilian

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Sicilian (not comparable)

Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Translations

relating to Sicily or its inhabitants

Arabic: صِقِلِّيّ‎ (ṣiqilliyy)
Armenian: սիցիլիական (sicʿiliakan)
Asturian: sicilianu (ast)
Basque: siziliar
Catalan: sicilià (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 西西里的 (Xīxīlǐ de)
Czech: sicilský
Danish: siciliansk
Dutch: Siciliaans (nl)
Finnish: sisilialainen (fi)
French: sicilien (fr)
Georgian: სიცილიური (siciliuri)
German: sizilianisch (de)
Greek: σικελικός (el) (sikelikós)
Ancient Greek: Σικελικός (Sikelikós)
Hungarian: szicíliai (hu)
Italian: siciliano (it)
Japanese: シチリアの (Shichiria no)

Korean: 시칠리아의 (sichilliaui)
Kurdish: sicîlyayî‎ (ku) (sicîlyayî), sîcîlyayî‎ (ku) (sîcîlyayî)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: siciliansk

Nynorsk: siciliansk
Persian: سیسیلی‎ (fa) (sisili)
Polish: sycylijski (pl)
Portuguese: siciliano (pt)
Romanian: sicilian (ro)
Russian: сицили́йский (ru) (sicilíjskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сицилѝја̄нскӣ

Roman: sicilìjānskī (sh)
Sicilian: sicilianu (scn)
Slovak: sicílsky
Spanish: siciliano (es)
Swedish: siciliansk (sv)
Turkish: Sicilyalı (tr)
Volapük: Sikileänik (vo)

Proper noun

Sicilian

The language of Sicily.

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Sisiliaans
Asturian: sicilianu (ast) m
Basque: siziliera (eu)
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: sicîlyayî‎ (ku) (sicîlyayî), sîcîlyayî‎ (ku) (sîcîlyayî), sîcîlyanî‎ (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)
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

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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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 (sicʿiliacʿi)
Asturian: sicilianu (ast) m, siciliana (ast) f
Basque: siziliar
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
Georgian: სიცილიელი (sicilieli)
German: Sizilianer m, Sizilianerin f
Greek: Σικελός m (Sikelós), Σικελή f (Sikelí)
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

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Sicilian, scn

Anagrams

silician

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