Palermo
noun
a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
Palermitan
-
a word derived from
Palermo.
Example Sentences
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As one Palermitan admitted with a wince, a shower or bath has become rare, generally reserved for those too young or too infirm to jump into the sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think he is most happy when he is holding up the mirror to nature and reproducing modern Palermitan life as it appears to him.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Henry Festing Jones
Maurice was like the peasants, not like the Palermitan aristocracy.
From The Call of the Blood by Orson Lowell
From the Lunatic Asylum, our party adjourned to the Duomo, and beheld the coffin, where the revered body of the Palermitan Saint, attracts many a devout Catholic.
From A Love Story by A Bushman
Who we are, I do not know: his highness the Palermitan carpenter lout, no doubt.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
