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Palermo

[puh-lur-moh, -lair-; Italian pah-ler-maw]
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noun

a seaport in and the capital of Sicily, in the NW part.
Related formsPa·ler·mi·tan [puh-lur-mi-tn, -lair-] /pəˈlɜr mɪ tn, -ˈlɛər-/, adjective, noun

Sicily

[sis-uh-lee]

noun

an island in the Mediterranean, constituting a region of Italy, and separated from the SW tip of the mainland by the Strait of Messina: largest island in the Mediterranean. 9924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Capital: Palermo.
Italian Sicilia.Ancient Sicilia, Trinacria.
Related formsSi·cil·ian [si-sil-yuh n, -sil-ee-uh n] /sɪˈsɪl yən, -ˈsɪl i ən/, adjective, noun
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  • On the morning of the 26th the royal family were landed at Palermo.

  • But he did not get beyond Palermo; there he was so much worse that he could not leave his room.

    Samuel Butler: A Sketch

    Henry Festing Jones

  • For some years the Kostalergis lived in retirement at Palermo, not knowing nor known to any one.

    Lord Kilgobbin

    Charles Lever

  • They never could find that bullet I sent into his side, and he died of it at Palermo.

    A Day's Ride

    Charles James Lever

  • He says you will guess the reason when he says that he was in Palermo in a certain year you know of.

British Dictionary definitions for palermo

Palermo

noun

the capital of Sicily, on the NW coast: founded by the Phoenicians in the 8th century bc Pop: 686 722 (2001)

Sicily

noun

the largest island in the Mediterranean, separated from the tip of SW Italy by the Strait of Messina: administratively an autonomous region of Italy; settled by Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians before the Roman conquest of 241 bc; under Normans (12th–13th centuries); formed the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies with Naples in 1815; mountainous and volcanic. Capital: Palermo. Pop: 4 972 124 (2003 est). Area: 25 460 sq km (9830 sq miles)Latin names: Sicilia, Trinacria Italian name: Sicilia
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for palermo

Sicily

island off the southwest tip of Italy, from Latin Sicilia, from Greek Sikelia, from Sikeloi (plural) "Sicilians," from the name of an ancient people living along the Tiber, whence part of them emigrated to the island that was thereafter named for them. The Greeks distinguished Sikeliotes "a Greek colonist in Sicily" from Sikelos "a native Sicilian." Related: Sicilian.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
palermo in Culture

Palermo

[(puh-lair-moh, puh-lur-moh)]

City in northwest Sicily on the Tyrrhenian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea; capital of Sicily.

Note

Palermo's convenient location has made it an important port for trans-Mediterranean shipping for three thousand years. Settled by Phoenicia in the eighth century b.c., it has come under the influence of many civilizations, including the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire. It has also come under the control of the Arabs and the French. Palermo has long been a center for art and architecture.

Sicily

Island in southern Italy on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from the Italian mainland by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its capital is Palermo.

Note

It is the largest Mediterranean island.
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