Estonia

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Australia

Australia (a country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Catania

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Ragusa

a former province, now Libero Consorzio in Sicily, Italy.

The capital of the Italian Libero Consorzio of Ragusa.

Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia).

(historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.


Italia

From Latin Italia via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).


Texas

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Texas (a state in the south-central region of the United States)


Sicilia

From an earlier (now less prevalent) Sicìlia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”), the name of the Sicel people.

Sicily (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)


Europa

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa. Doublet of Sicilian Aurupa.

Aurupa (alternative)
Arupa (alternative)
Eurupa (alternative)
Iurupa (alternative)

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

(Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)

(astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)


Grecia

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.ʃʲɑ̝]

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.ɕɑ̝]

Borrowed from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Francia

Alternative form of Franza: France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


Spagna

From Latin Hispānia, from a Phoenician or Punic root.

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Londra

London (the capital of the United Kingdom; the capital of England)


Vita

a female given name, equivalent to English Vita or Guida


Ucrania

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Lisa

Italian: Zia Lisa (toponym)

From Medieval Latin L(udov)īs(i)a, feminine variant of from Latin Ludovīcus.

Licia (alternative)
Luvisa (alternative)
Luvicia (alternative)
Luiggia (alternative)

a female given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louise


Franza

→ English: Franza

→ Italian: Franza

→ Maltese: Franza

From Late Latin Francia. Compare Italian Francia.

Ah! indignu, dissi, di purtari lanza, ¶ Ad un miu paru tantu arditu, e forti, ¶ Chi nun cc’è paru paladinu in Franza!

c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter I, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 7:

Ah! unworthy, he said, to bring a spear to an equal of mine so brave and strong that there's no equal paladin in France!

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


Russu

English: Russo

Italian: Russo


Irlanda

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


Palermu

Conflation of Arabic بَلَرْم (balarm), ultimately from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”), apparently because of the good natural harbor.

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Palemmu (alternative)
Paliermu (alternative)
Paljermu (alternative)
Paliemmu (alternative)
Paljemmu (alternative)
Paleimmu (alternative)
Palejmmu (alternative)
Palìaimmu (alternative)
Palìajmmu (alternative)

Palermo (the capital city of Sicily, Italy)

Palermo (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)


Strittu di Missina

lu Strittu di Missina (canonical masculine)

Strait of Messina
Strait of Messina#English


Cità dû Vaticanu

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Bulgarìa

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Turchìa

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)


Ripùbblica Ceca

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Lìbbanu

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Stati Uniti dâ Mèrica

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Nova Jorca

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


Azzirbaiggian

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus in Asia and Europe)


Belgiu

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Belizi

Belize (an English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras)


Bosnia-Erzegòvina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Alternative form of Bosnia-Erzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Bosnia-Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Brasili

Brazil (a large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Burchina Fasu

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Concu

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Croazzia

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Cubba

(Sicily, toponym) Several toponyms named after the building of a local cubba.


Cubba

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)


Ripùbbrica Duminicana

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English:_Q786

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Eggittu

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Cairu

Cairo (the capital and largest city of Egypt)


Mediu Urienti

(geopolitics) Alternative form of Mediu Orienti (“Middle East”)


Mediu Orienti

(geopolitics) Middle East (a region of Asia and Africa, comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just Asian Turkey))


Palistina

(historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (the region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)

Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

(historical, technical) Palestine (a British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1)

(historical, technical, rare) Palestine (the British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan))


Giurdania

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Marchi

administrative region
administrative region

Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)


Gibbilterra

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar#English

Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar (a strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco; in full, Strait of Gibraltar)


Lituania

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


Sardigna

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Magonza

Maunza (alternative)
Maonza (alternative)


Riina

→ English: Riina

→ Italian: Riina

From rijina (“queen”), inherited from Latin rēgīna, whence also Sicilian riggina.


Innia

Alternative form of Ìnnia: India (a country in South Asia)


Transilvania

Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania)


Roma

Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)

Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

(historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa; in full, Roman Empire)


Aristòtili

[ɑ̝ɾɪsˈt̪ɔːt̪ɪlɪ̟]

From Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).


Cipru

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Àgata

Italian: Aita, sant'Aita (regional, eye dialect)

From Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”). Cognate with Catalan Àgata and Àgueda, Italian Agata, Romagnol Êgta, Portuguese Ágata, Spanish Águeda. Compare the same phono-morphological output also for zàgara.

Àjita (alternative)
Agata (alternative)
Ajita (alternative)
Aita (alternative)

a female given name from Latin, of historical and religious usage, equivalent to English Agatha


Dimitra

From the vulgarization of Latin Dēmētēr.

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dimitra

Δήμητρα Δήμητρα#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek female given name Δήμητρα (Dímitra)


Ruma

Italian: Ruma (surname, regional)


Vasili

Italian: Basile, Vasile

From Latin Basili(us). Compare Occitan and Catalan Basili.

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Basil, Vasilios, or Vasily


Rau

English: Rau, Rao

Italian: Rau, Rao

Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Catalan Grau (with regular lenition of the initial sound), a toponymic surname. Possibly akin to Ngrau (cfr. Italian Ingrao).


Cosa Nostra

Alternative letter-case form of Cosa nostra


Ìsuli Fær Øer

From Italian le Fær Øer, from Danish Færøerne. This is pleonastic, as Sicilian ìsula (“island”) means the same as Danish ø (“island”).

The Faroe Islands, a Danish Atlantic overseas territory comprising a group of North Sea islands, between Scotland, Iceland and Norway


Indunesia

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Parisi

→ Italian: Parisi

From Latin Parisii (“The Parisii, a Celtic tribe”).

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Parici (alternative)
Pariggi (alternative)

Paris (the capital and largest city of France).


Giappuni

Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia)


Afganistàn

Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Filicudi

From Ancient Greek Φοινικώδης (Phoinikṓdēs), from φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx, “purple or crimson, palm tree, date (the fruit of the date palm)”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, like”).
Previously also Phoenicūsa, from Ancient Greek Φοινικοῦσσα (Phoinikoûssa), from φοῖνῐξ (phoînĭx, “purple or crimson, palm tree, date (the fruit of the date palm)”) + -εσσᾰ (-essă, “full of, like”). Compare the latter desinence with Ancient Greek Πιθηκοῦσαι (Pithēkoûsai), Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai, “Syracuse”) and Ancient Greek Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa, “Lampedusa”).

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Filicudi (a small island of the Aeolian Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily, Italy)


Alicudi

Dissimilation of an unattested Ancient Greek *Ἐρικώδης (*Erikṓdēs), supposedly derived from ἐρείκη (ereíkē, “heath”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “full of, like”). Compare Ancient Greek Φοινικώδης (Phoinikṓdēs, “Filicudi”).
In ancient times also known from Latin Ericūsa (or Ericussa), from Ancient Greek Ἐρικοῦσσα (Erikoûssa).
The proposed etymology from ἐρείκη (ereíkē) should have produced a long ī in the Latin borrowing transcription (*Erīcūsa), which makes the proposal not definitive. Compare Ancient Greek Ἔρυξ (Érux).
Compare, for more, also: Ancient Greek Φοινικοῦσσα (Phoinikoûssa, “Filicudi”), Πιθηκοῦσαι (Pithēkoûsai, “Pithecusa”), Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai, “Syracuse”) and Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa, “Lampedusa”).
Eventually compare also Italian Arcuri.

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Alicudi (a small island of the Aeolian Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea in Sicily, Italy)


Girmania

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Lisi

From Medieval Latin L(udov)īsi(us), from Latin Ludovīcus. See Luici for more.

a male given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louis, notably borne by several French monarchs


Lisi

English: Lisi, Di Lisi, Risi

Italian: Lisi, Di Lisi, Risi

Di Lisi (alternative)
Risi (alternative)


Sciacca

→ English: Sciacca

→ Italian: Sciacca

Uncertain. Possibly from Arabic. Doublet of Xacca.

Sciacca (a city in the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy)


Craxi

(Misspelled variant) Alternative form of Crascì


Gènuva

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


Scozzia

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Siduni

From Latin Sīdōn, from Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn /Ṣīdūn/). Cognate with Arabic صَيْدُون (ṣaydūn), Aramaic ܨܝܕܘܢ (Ṣidon), Hebrew צִידוֹן (Ṣīḏōn).

Hebrew צִידוֹן (Ṣīḏōn)


Fauci

English: Fauci, La Fauci

Italian: Fauci, La Fauci


Plutarcu

[plʊ̠ˈt̪äːɾ.kʊ̠]

From Latin Plūtarchus, from Ancient Greek Πλούτᾰρχος (Ploútărkhos).

a male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Plutarch, notably borne by Luciu Mestriu Plutarcu of Chaeronea (Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, ca. 46 – 120 C.E.), a celebrated Graeco-Roman philosopher, historian, biographer, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi; best known for his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a biographical series commonly referred to as Plutarch's Parallel Lives


Liotru

From an intermediate *(I)liot(u)ru, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἡλιόδωρος (Hēliódōros) (in particular from Heliodorus of Catania). Cognate with Old Italian Eliodoro.

a male given name, equivalent to English Heliodorus

(by extension) the emblematic monumental howdah, placed in the central square of Catania, made of lava stone and carrying an obelisk on its back; depicting an elephant that was said to have been tamed and led by Heliodorus himself.


Castigghia

[kɑ̝sˈt̪iɟ.ɟɑ̝]

From Medieval Latin Castella, from the plural of Latin castellum (“castle, fort, citadel”), diminutive of castrum (“fortress”), reportedly in reference to the central region of Hispānia as terra castellorum (“land of castles”). Compare French Castille, Italian Castiglia, Portuguese Castela, Spanish Castilla, English Castile.

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(historical) Castile (a medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain)

Castile (a vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile)


Maugeri

English: Maugeri

Italian: Mauceri, Maugeri, Malgeri


La Russa

Italian: Russo, La Russa

From the femmine of lu (“the”) + russu (“red(head)”).

A Russa (alternative)
Russu (alternative)


Buscema

→ English: Buscema, Buscemi

→ Italian: Buscema, Buscemi

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَامَة (ʔabū šāma, literally “the one with the mole”). Doublet of Buxema.

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أَبُو شَامَة

Buscemi (a small town on the Hyblaean Mountains, in Sicily, Italy)


Ciccu

Hypocoristic form of the personal name Franziscu ~ Franciscu.

a male given name from Franciscu, equivalent to English Francis


San Marinu

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Groenlannia

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Scuteri

English: Scuteri, Scuderi

Italian: Scuteri, Scuderi

From scuteri, ultimately from Latin scūtārius (“shieldmaker”) (with a change of desinence from a classical -ārius to a vulgar -eri). By surface analysis, scutu (“schield”) + -eri (“occupational suffix”).


Mauceri

English: Mauceri

Italian: Mauceri

(desonorized form of) a surname, Maugeri


Pariggi

(Italianized variant) Alternative form of Parisi


Aparu

English: Aparo

Italian: Aparo


Zuccaru

→ English: Zuccaro

→ Italian: Zuccaro

Zùccaru (alternative)
Zuccaro (alternative)
Zucchero (alternative)


Scifu

Italian: Scifo

From the Sicilian scifu (“container, vessel”).


Ciaramidaru

English: Ciaramitaro

Italian: Ciaramitaro

From Sicilian ciaramidaru (“one who makes the roof tiles”), from ciaramida (“roof tile”), from Byzantine Greek κεραμίδα (keramída), from Ancient Greek κερᾰμῐ́ς (kerămĭ́s), from κέρᾰμος (kérămos, “pottery”) + -ίς (-ís).


Lintini

→ Italian: Lentini

From older Liuntini, from Latin Leontīnī, from Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi, literally “the leonines”).


Cùnzulu

English: Cunsolo

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Italian: Consolo, Consoli, Consolino, Cunsulo, Cunsolo, Cunzolo

Cunzulu (alternative)
Di Cùnzulu (alternative)
Cunzulinu (alternative)


Cìnisi

Borrowing from Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa, “church”).

a town and comune of the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily, Italy


buscimisi

From Buscema (“Buscemi”) + -isi (demonymic suffix), ultimately from Latin Buxemēnsis.

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I buscimisi abbitanu ncapu ô munti Vignitti, dopu ca lassaru u munti santa Nicola a pressu dû tirrimotu dû 1693.

Buscemese people live on top of mount Vignitti, after they left mount saint Nicolas afterwards 1693 Sicily earthquake.

U buscimisi veni parratu comu ô mudicanu. I buscimisi nfatti dìciunu "facila" mmeci di "vacila" e "favaluci" mmeci di "vavaluci".

Buscemese people speak alike Modicans; they sayfacila instead of vacila and favaluci instead of vavaluci.

(uncountable) The Sicilian dialect, written in Latin alphabet and spoken and spelled using the local pronunciation, which is considerable a subdialect of the Modican one.


Muscu

English: Musco

Italian: Musco

From muscu (“moss”), from Latin mūscus, from Proto-Indo-European *mews-.


Dumìnicu

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Latin dominicus, from dominus (“lord”, “master”) + -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”).

suffix

Rumìnicu (alternative)
Duminicu (alternative)
Ruminicu (alternative)

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominic

a Sicilian surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Di Dumìnicu


Buxema

→ Medieval Latin: Buxema

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→ Sicilian: Buscema
→ English: Buscema, Buscemi
→ Italian: Buscema, Buscemi

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو شَامَة (ʔabū šāma, literally “the one with the mole”), clipping of the extended form قَلْعَة أَبِي شَامَة (qalʕat ʔabī šāma, literally “castle of the one with the mole”). Doublet of Buscema. Compare, for a similar output from Siculo-Arabic, compare Nissa and Xibbetta.

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أَبُو شَامَة

Qalat abu Sama (alternative)
Abixema (alternative)
Abuxama (alternative)
Abissama (alternative)
Abussama (alternative)
Buscema (alternative)
Calatabuxema (alternative)
Abuxema (alternative)

Buscemi (a small community on the Hyblaean Mountains, in Sicily, Italy)


Crascì

Italian: Craxi

English: Craxi

This surname's likely meaning was “winemaker”, deriving from an earlier spelling Craxì, from craxì (now crascì), from Byzantine Greek κρασίον (krasíon, “blending”, diminutive), from Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixture, blending”).

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Craxi (alternative)
Craxì (alternative)
Crasci (alternative)
Grassìa (alternative)
Grasciu (alternative)
Grassu (alternative)
Incrascì (alternative)
Ingrassìa (alternative)


Saragusa

→ Italian: Siragusa
→ English: Siragusa

From Latin Syrācūsae, from Ancient Greek Συρᾱ́κουσαι (Surā́kousai). Possibly conflated phonetically with Old Spanish Saragoça. Compare Italian Siracusa.

Sarausa (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
Siragusa (alternative)
Sirausa (alternative)

Syracuse (a port, the capital city of the province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy)


U Còmisu

→ Italian: Comiso

U Còmmisu (alternative)
Còmisu (alternative)
Còmmisu (alternative)

Comiso (a city in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy)


Janiattini

→? Italian: Canicattini Bagni

Possibly from an earlier *Ganigattini. Borrowed from Arabic خَنْدَق الطِّينِ (ḵandaq aṭ-ṭīni, literally “moat of the mud”). Doublet of Sicilian Caniattì.

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خَنْدَق الطِّينِ

Janigattini (alternative)
Caniattini (alternative)

Canicattini Bagni
Canicattini Bagni#English


Mòdica

→ Italian: Modica

From Latin Motyca, borrowed from Ancient Greek Μοτύκα (Motúka), most likely from a pre-Hellenic and Siculian substrate.

Modica (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
Muòrica (alternative)


Notu

→ Italian: Noto

→ English: Noto

Ultimately from Latin Nētum, from Ancient Greek Νέητον (Néēton).

Nuotu (alternative)
Di Notu (alternative)


Circi

(Greek mythology) An enchantress who turned Odysseus' men into pigs.

A woman having the characteristics of Circe; an enchantress.

(astronomy) 34 Circe, a main belt asteroid.


Vuccirìa

From vuccirìa. Cognate to Catalan Boqueria.

a large historical market in Palermo, Sicily.


Ìnnia

From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía).


Caristia

Italian: Caristia

English: Caristia

From Latin charistia (“Latin family holidays”), otherwise from the apheresis of Latin eucharistia (“gratitude, gracefulness”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek χαρίστεια (kharísteia) or from Ancient Greek χαριστήριος (kharistḗrios, “thanksgiving offering”), from χᾰρίζω (khărízō, “to gratify, give graciously”).


Luici

Superseded (by conflation with Italian Luigi) the older native form Lisi (then also Lici), from the haplological Medieval Latin L(udov)īsi(us)/Lu(do)vīsi(us)
(possibly influenced by Occitan (A)loysi(us) or Old French Luis), from Latin Ludovīcus, from Old High German *Hlūtwīg or Frankish *Hlōdowig, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *wīgą (“battle”).
Compare English Louis, Catalan Lluís, Spanish Luis, German Ludwig, Italian Luigi, Portuguese Luís. Compare the same phono-morphological output also for articianu (“artisan”), parmicianu (“parmisan”), particianu (“partisan”), also Dinisi (“Dionysius, Dennis”) and Tamisi (“Thames”).

Lisi (alternative)
Lici (alternative)
Luvisi (alternative)
Luvici (alternative)
Cluduvìu (alternative)
Luduvicu (alternative)
Luiggi (alternative)
Luiggiu (alternative)
Ligghi (alternative)

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Louis or Lewis


Ilìa

Sicilian: Lìa

Italian: Lia

Borrowed from Latin Ēliās, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (ēliyā́, “Jah is my God”).

Lìa (alternative)
Elìa (alternative)
Lea (alternative)

(religion) An Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.


Lìa

→ Italian: Lia

→ Italian: Elia, Lea (italianized variant)

Sicilian: Liuzzu, Luzzu

Italian: Liuzzo

Apocoped variant of Ilìa, from Latin Ēliās, from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Hebrew אֵלִיָּה (ēliyā́, “Jah is my God”).

(religion) Elijah, an Israelite prophet in the Abrahamic religions.

a male given name from Hebrew; Elijah, Elias.


Nissa

→ Medieval Latin: Nissa

Borrowed from Arabic النِسَاء (an-nisāʔ), clipping of the extended form Arabic قَلْعَة النِسَاء (qalʕa an-nisāʔ, “Fortress of the Women”). Compare, for a similar output from Siculo-Arabic, compare Buxema and Xibbetta.

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قَلْعَة النِسَاء

Caltanissetta (a city, in Sicily, Italy)


La Guardia

English: Laguardia

Italian: La Guardia, Laguardia

From la (“the”) + guardia (“watch, guard”).


Caitanu

Derived from the demonym caitanu, from Caiēta + -ānus, ultimately from Latin Caiēta, from Ancient Greek Καιήτη (Kaiḗtē).

Gaitanu (alternative)
Jaitanu (alternative)

a male given name from Latin, feminine equivalent Caitana, equivalent to English Cajetan


Rijitanu

→ Italian: Reitano

→ English: Reitano

Surname derived from the demonym rijitanu (now mostly subseded by riggitanu), from Late Latin rhēgītanus (attested in the 5th-century De haeresi et historia Eutychiana), from Rhēgium + -ītānus, ultimately from Latin Rhegium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion).

Rejitanu (alternative)
Reitanu (alternative)
Riitanu (alternative)


Muncibbeḍḍu

→ Italian: Mongibello (toponym)

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→ Italian: Moncibello (surname), Mongibello (surname), Nuncibello (surname)

From munti + Arabic جَبَل (jabal), both meaning “mountain” and hence an etymogical tautology. Perhaps influenced in form by munticeḍḍu (< Latin monticellus).


Palazzolu

From Late Latin Palatiolum, from palatium (“a palace; large residence”) + -olum (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, palazzu + -olu. Possibly related and/or inherited from a gallo-norman stratum. Cognate with Italian Palazzolo.

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Palizzolu (alternative)
Palazzuolu (alternative)
Palazzolu Acrèiti (alternative)
Palazzolu 'Crèiti (alternative)
Palazzolu Acrèidi (alternative)

a town in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy: Palazzolo Acreide.

Palazzolo sull'Oglio
Palazzolo sull'Oglio

Palazzolo dello Stella
Palazzolo dello Stella

Palazzolo Vercellese
Palazzolo Vercellese

(toponym) Several places in Italy. The major are: Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Palazzolo dello Stella, Palazzolo Vercellese.


Vitu

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→ Italian: Vito (mostly of Southener use), Di Vito (surname), De Vito (surname), DeVito (surname), Sammito (surname)

Uncertain. Historically often related to the name of an early Sicilian martyr, as in Late Latin Vitus, borrowed from an unknown substrate, possibly from a Thracian one (suggested to mean "a person from Bithynia").
It seems possibly derived from the same root that gaves us English Guy and Italian Guido, which was rendered in Vitus; ultimately derived from the same cultural stratum of Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”) or Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”).
If the sources were several, a conflation between these has possibly occurred.

a male given name, equivalent to English Guy or Vito


Dumìnica

Feminine of Late Latin Dominicus, derived from Latin dominicus, from dominus (“lord”, “master”) + -icus (“of”, “pertaining to”, “belonging to”, “connected with”). Cognate with French Dominique, Italian Domenica, Spanish Dominga.

Rumìnica (alternative)
Duminica (alternative)
Ruminica (alternative)

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Dominique


Magunza

From Medieval Latin Maguntia, ultimately from Mogontiacum, possibly of Celtic origin. Cognate with Italian Magonza and Monza, Catalan Magùncia, German Mainz, French Mayence, Portuguese Mogúncia, Galician and Spanish Maguncia .

Magonza (alternative)
Maunza (alternative)
Maonza (alternative)

(historical) Caltanissetta (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)


Calaxibbetta

Sicilian: Calascibbetta

Italian: Calascibetta

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa) and a not-well-attested element, namely said to be شِبِثّ (šibiṯṯ, “anise”). Doublet of Calascibbetta.

Calascibbetta (alternative)
Scibbetta (alternative)
Xibbetta (alternative clipping)


Calascibbetta

→ Italian: Calascibetta

Borrowed from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa) and a not-well-attested element, namely said to be شِبِثّ (šibiṯṯ, “anise”). Doublet of Calaxibbetta.

Scibbetta (alternative)
Calaxibbetta (alternative)
Xibbetta (alternative)


Xibbetta

Sicilian: Scibbetta

→ Italian: Scibetta

Clipping of Calaxibbetta. Doublet of Scibbetta.


Niculosi

→ Italian: Nicolosi

→ English: Nicolosi

Inherited from Late Latin Nicolosius (with loss of the ending -us, like other Sicilian proper name ending in -ius (“suffix forming a nomen gentilicium”)), from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos). The toponym is related to the local Aetnaean cult of Santa Nicola â rina (“St. Nicholas of the sand”; mis-Italianized as San Nicolò l'Arena, with elision, through hypercorrection, of the originale preposition). Compare, for more, the doublet Niculaci and the proper name Nicola.


Mènfrici

If not inherited from Latin Memphis, from Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), the /ɾ/ could suggest an earlier borrowing from a relative of Egyptian mn:n-nfr-f:r-O24-niwt (mn-nfr, “Memphis”).

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Giufà

Borrowed from Arabic جُحَا (juḥā), via Siculo-Arabic.

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Hershel of Ostropol
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(folklore) A character in Sicilian folktales, a “village fool”, similar to the Arabic جُحَا (juḥā) and Maltese Ġaħan, similar also to the Turko-Persian Molla Nasreddin, the Jewish Hershel of Ostropol, the German Till Eulenspiegel, etc.


Daiduni

→ Italian: Daidone

→ English: Daidone

Uncertain. From Gallo-Italic of Sicily Daiduni/Dadù, supposedly derived from an unattested Vulgar Latin *Aidon(em) – from which are derived Italian Aidone and Sicilian Aiduni – leading often to a Ancient Greek source referring to ᾍδης (Hā́idēs) or
Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis). The initial ⟨D⟩ could have yielded because of a now lost liquid article l' (“the”) placed in front of the toponym, then eventually hypercorrected by the non-Sicilian speakers.

Daduni (alternative)
Aiduni (alternative)


Àjita

Dialectal variant of Àgata, ultimately from Latin Agatha, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθή (Agathḗ), from Ancient Greek ἀγαθός (agathós, “good”). Cognate with Catalan Àgata and Àgueda, Italian Agata, Romagnol Êgta, Portuguese Ágata, Spanish Águeda.

Àgata (alternative)
Agata (alternative)
Ajita (alternative)
Aita (alternative)

a female given name from Latin, of historical and religious usage, equivalent to English Agatha


Sarbaturi

From Latin Salvātōrem (“savior”). Compare Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish Salvador, French Sauveur and Italian Salvatore.

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Sabbaturi (alternative)
Sarvaturi (alternative)
Savvaturi (alternative)

(Epitet of Jesus) [with u ‘the’] Saviour/Savior


Sarbaturi

>? Italian: Salvatore, Salvadori

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Italian: Salvo, Sabbo, Savvo, Salvuccio, Sabbuccio, Savvuccio, Salvino, Ture, Tore (regional, Italianized endearing forms)

a male given name, equivalent to English Salvador, in honor of Christ as the Saviour/Savior


Majurana

Italian: Majorana, Maiorana

English: Majorana

Ètturi Majurana, Sicilian physicist

(toponym) a place named after the presence of the homonymous plant


Vastianu

From Latin Sebastiānus, name of an early Christian saint, from ancient city of Sebaste in Asia Minor (modern Sivas, Turkey), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós, “august, venerable, exalted”), itself a translation of the Roman title Augustus. Compare Albanian Sebastián, Catalan Sebastià, French Sébastien, Portuguese Sebastião, Spanish Sebastián.

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a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Sebastian