Sicilian
See also: sicilian
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Adjective
Sicilian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants.
Translations
relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
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Proper noun
Sicilian
- The language of Sicily.
Translations
language
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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.
- 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:
Hypernyms
- (opening): the Sicilian Defence, the Sicilian Defense
Translations
person
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chess opening — see Sicilian Defence
Anagrams
- silician