Sicily

From Middle English Sicilie, Sicilye, from Old English Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”). Doublet of Sicilia.

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.


triskelion

en-noun

triskelion (plural triskelions or triskelia)

Coined c. 1881, as a diminutive of triskeles, specifically in numismatics to refer to minuscule forms of the symbol found on ancient coins. No direct derivation from Katharevousa τρισκέλιον (triskélion, “three-legged stool; rule of three, analogy”).

Sicily and the Isle of Man use triskelia as their emblems.

A figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.

三曲腳圖 /三曲脚图

figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs


Syracusan

Ex. The Syracusan expedition was the deathblow of the Athenian Empire. (John Buchan).

Of or belonging to Syracuse, a city in Sicily, Italy, or of the city of Syracuse in central New York State.


Sicilian

From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.

Sorry, I’m Italian, and let’s say I see that Sicilian policemen arrest less people in Sicily. This could be for two reasons, one is that everybody else overarrests, or the Sicilian policemen underarrest. And can you tell those two things apart?

2020 June 12, Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales, “Should we defund the police?”, in Capitalisn't:

Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants.


Sicilian

The picture of devastated Palermo which he draws fills up the measure of the dastardly oppression which has now passed away; more disgraceful excesses than those committed by the Bavarese, as the Sicilians called the royal troops, were [...]

1861, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 75, page 553:


Sicani

(historical) An ancient people of Sicily and parts of Italy.


Siculo-

[…] much Siculo-Arabic poetry is clearly lost, perhaps irremediably […]

1987, María Rosa Menocal, The Arabic role in medieval literary history, page 133:

Relating to Sicily or the Sicilian people, language, or culture.


Liparian

en-adj

Liparian (comparative more Liparian, superlative most Liparian)

more Liparian (comparative)
most Liparian (superlative)

Of or relating to Lipari, the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily, Italy.


Hyblaean

Hyblaean (comparative more Hyblaean, superlative most Hyblaean)

more Hyblaean (comparative)
most Hyblaean (superlative)
Hyblean (alternative)
Hyblæan (alternative)

Borrowed from French Hybléen, via Latin hyblaeus, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑβλαῖος (hublaîos, “Hyblaean”).

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(historical) Of or pertaining to Hybla, three ancient cities of Sicily, famous for their bees and honey.


Hyblaean

en-noun

Hyblaean (countable and uncountable, plural Hyblaeans)

Hyblaeans (plural)
Hyblean (alternative)
Hyblæan (alternative)

(countable) An inhabitant of the Hyblaean area, South-eastern Sicily, or a person from that ancestry.


Hyblaean

Hyblean (alternative)
Hyblæan (alternative)

The dialects of Sicily spoken in the Hyblaean Mountains.


Elymi

(historical) native tribe of Sicily that resided in western Sicily


aranzada

From Sicilian aranciu, from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang, “orange”), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian.

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A Sicilian dessert made from candied orange peel in honey and toasted almonds.


Catanian

Cosa Nostra members paid £33,000 for 160 deactivated weapons that experts could make lethal in moments. Last month a Catanian couple were arrested over the haul. They belong to the “Ceusi” mafia clan, a family tied to Catania’s dominant Santopaula clan.

2016 July 24, Mark Townsend, “Is Cosa Nostra now selling deadly assault weapons to Islamist terrorist groups?”, in The Guardian:

Of or relating to the city of Catania, Italy.


Catanian

A native or inhabitant of Catania, Italy.


Agrigentine

en-adj

Agrigentine (comparative more Agrigentine, superlative most Agrigentine)

more Agrigentine (comparative)
most Agrigentine (superlative)


Euhemerus

From Latin Euhemerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros, from εὐ- (eu-, “good-, well-”) + ἥμερος (hḗmeros, “tamed, civilized, domesticated”)).

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Euhemeros (alternative)
Evemerus (alternative)
Euemerus (alternative)

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros).