Sicanian

American  

[si-key-nee-uhn] / sɪˈkeɪ ni ən /

adjective

1. Sicilian.

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Sicanian British  

/ sɪˈkeɪnɪən /

adjective

1. another word for Sicilian

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Etymology

Origin of Sicanian

1640–50; < Latin Sīcani ( us ) ( Sīcani ( a ) Sicily + -us adj. suffix; -ous ) + -an

Example Sentences

Sicanian, si-kā′ni-an, adj. pertaining to the Sicanians, an aboriginal pre-Aryan race in Sicily.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

I will myself invoke the King2 who binds In his Sicanian ecchoing vault the winds, With Doris3 and her Nymphs, and all the throng Of azure Gods, to speed thee safe along.

From Poemata : Latin, Greek and Italian Poems by John Milton by Cowper, William

And now Sicanian Etna rose to view: Darkness with light more horrid she confounds, Baffles the breath and dims the sight of day.

From Gebir by Landor, Walter Savage

So, when thou Beneath Sicanian billows glidest on, May Doris blend no bitter wave with thine, Begin!

From The Bucolics and Eclogues by Virgil

In the early neolithic period in Sicily, called by Orsi the Sicanian Period, rock-hewn tombs seem not to have been used.

From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)