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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As in the Two Sicilies, this resulted from a restructuring of local government so that royal bureaucrats replaced vassals and church officials, and the monarchy had sufficient income to pay for their loyalty.
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
For them, the anniversary was an opportunity to remember the glory days of the Bourbon court, based in Naples, the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2011
Garibaldi directs revolution of the Two Sicilies, and defeats and deposes Francis II, the last King of Naples.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
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