Sicanian
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Sicanian
1640–50; < Latin Sīcani ( us ) ( Sīcani ( a ) Sicily + -us adj. suffix; see -ous) + -an
Example Sentences
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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 Walter Savage Landor
There is an ancient land of mine bordering the Tuscan river, stretching far westward beyond the Sicanian borders.
From The Aeneid of Virgil 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 T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
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
So, when thou Beneath Sicanian billows glidest on, May Doris blend no bitter wave with thine, Begin!
From The Bucolics and Eclogues by Virgil
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