Sicily

[sis-uh-lee]

noun

1. 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. 9,924 sq. mi. (25,705 sq. km). Palermo.

Sicily

/ ˈsɪsɪlɪ /

noun

1. Latin names: Sicilia.  Trinacria. Italian name: Sicilia. 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)

Sicily

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

It is the largest Mediterranean island.

Other Word Forms

• Sicilian adjective

Example Sentences

The 31-year-old has recently accepted a new job in Sicily, but isn't sure she's made the right call.

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Local groups that oppose the bridge also say its construction would use millions of litres of water a day while both Sicily and Calabria regularly struggle with drought.

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Names given to baby girls fewer than five times include Sicily, Everest, Orchid and Poem.

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Driving through the countryside of Sicily with my wife and kids about 15 years ago.

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Mr Lynch, a tech entrepreneur sometimes dubbed "Britain's Bill Gates", was last summer acquitted of fraud charges in the US and the trip around Sicily with family and friends was planned as a celebration.

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