siciliano

[ si-sil-ee-ah-noh ]

noun

, plural si·cil·i·a·nos.

1. a graceful folk dance of Sicily.
2. the music for this dance.

siciliano

/ ˌsɪtʃɪˈljɑːnəʊ; sɪˌsɪlɪˈɑːnəʊ /

noun

1. an old dance in six-beat or twelve-beat time
2. music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance

Word History and Origins

Origin of siciliano¹

1715–25; < Italian: literally, Sicilian

Word History and Origins

Origin of siciliano¹

Italian: Sicilian

Example Sentences

The picture over this altar is the work of Jacomo Siciliano.

From Project Gutenberg

It is worth twenty-five lire, but I will make a special price for you because you love Sicily and are like a Siciliano.

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Dance-measures, the passacaglia, even the jig, are not excluded; and a chorale has its counterpoint in a siciliano.

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Juan Siciliano settled in Mexico, where he died a natural death.

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Poor Siciliano had to waste his power in occasional poems for his subsistence, and was thus unable to produce any lasting work.

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