Sicily

From Italian Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicels”), the name of an ancient, indigenous people on the Tiber.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪsɨli/

Sicily (plural Sicilies) (see usage notes below)

1. An autonomous region and island of Italy.

• 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.

• Sicilian