Trinacria
[trih-ney-kree-uh, -nak-ree-uh, trahy-]
- an ancient name of Sicily.
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Scarcely less mischievous than these sowers of dissension, is the barber-surgeon, who still flourishes in Trinacria.
This piano solo was the nearest approach to chamber music that a thorough search and research revealed in the island of Trinacria.
Atlantic ClassicsVarious
It was anciently called Trinacria, from its triangular shape, and is about six hundred miles in circumference.
Its shape is so regularly three-cornered, that Triangle or Triple-point (Trinacria) was one of its ancient names.
A Jar of Honey from Mount HyblaLeigh Hunt
Acestes was king of Eryx in Sicily, which was called 'Trinacria' from its three promontories.
The Aeneid of VirgilVirgil
Trinacria
- the Latin name for Sicily
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