Sicilia

[ see-chee-lyah for 1; si-sil-yuh, -sil-ee-uh for 2 ]

/ siˈtʃi lyɑ for 1; sɪˈsɪl yə, -ˈsɪl i ə for 2 /

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noun

Italian name of Sicily.

an ancient name of Sicily.

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Words nearby Sicilia

siccar, siccative, sice, sicht, Sichuan, Sicilia, Sicilian, siciliano, Sicilian Vespers, Sicilies, Two, Sicily

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How to use Sicilia in a sentence

An earlier profile photo is from her little-girl days playing with the Sicilia Pizza team in the Clayton kids' soccer league.
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Naranjo cites the acclaimed Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, whose teenage son was killed by drug dealers.
“Miss Bala” Is Mexico’s Drug War Thriller|Stephen Farber|January 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Last year saw the birth of an antiwar movement, headed by poet Javier Sicilia after his son was killed with six friends.
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Why should they not read the Giornale di Sicilia and play cards?
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones

In the afternoon I went to the Teatro Sicilia and found everything prepared for the evening.
Castellinaria|Henry Festing Jones
Sicilia ei provincia decreta est permissumque ut in Africam inde traiceret.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
E Sicilia reversus Romam in causis dicendis ita floruit, ut inter omnes causarum patronos et esset et haberetur princeps.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
Sicilia e prvincia dcrta est permissumque ut in fricam inde57 triceret.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond

British Dictionary definitions for Sicilia

Sicilia

/ (siˈtʃiːlja) /

noun

the Latin and Italian name for Sicily

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