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Sicilian

//sɪˈsɪlɪən// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of, from or relating to Sicily, Italy. not-comparable
"Sorry, I’m Italian, and let’s say I see that Sicilian policemen arrest less people in Sicily. This could be for two reasons, one is that everybody else overarrests, or the Sicilian policemen underarrest. And can you tell those two things apart?"

Adjective

1
of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily wordnet

Proper Noun

1
The language of Sicily.

Noun

1
A native or inhabitant of Sicily, <.
"The picture of devastated Palermo which he draws fills up the measure of the dastardly oppression which has now passed away; more disgraceful excesses than those committed by the Bavarese, as the Sicilians called the royal troops, were [...]"
2
a resident of Sicily wordnet
3
Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
"Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.

Etymology 2

From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.

Etymology 3

From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.

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