Sicilies, Two
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Two Sicilies
Two Siciliesnouna former kingdom in Sicily and S Italy that existed intermittently from 1130 to 1861.
Sicilies, Two
1 American
[sis-uh-leez]
/ ˈsɪs ə liz /
noun
Two Sicilies
2
American
noun
Two Sicilies
British
plural noun
Example Sentences
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Monarchs in France and the Two Sicilies laid the groundwork for strong royal bureaucracies to keep the nobility in check.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The south was an essentially feudal kingdom, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, dominated by lesser branches of first the Habsburg and then the Bourbon royal lines.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
But there was logic to the choice; a thread of Parthenopean identity reaching back from the Bourbon Kingdom of Two Sicilies to vengeance in the present by the messiah from Buenos Aires.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2019
Many items were contributed by the two emperors who ruled Brazil after independence: Pedro I and his son Pedro II, and their consorts Maria Leopoldina of Austria and Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies.
From BBC ● May 10, 2019
According to the general belief the number of prisoners for political offences in the Two Sicilies was between fifteen and thirty thousand.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
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