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Sicilia
Sicilia
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos), the name of the Sicel people.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siˈki.li.a/
Proper noun
Sicilia f (genitive Siciliae); first declension
- Sicily
- vocative of Sicilia
Siciliā f
- ablative of Sicilia
Inflection
First declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sicilia |
| genitive | Siciliae |
| dative | Siciliae |
| accusative | Siciliam |
| ablative | Siciliā |
| vocative | Sicilia |
| locative | Siciliae |
Derived terms
- Siciliensis
Related terms
- Siculī
- Siculus
- Sīcelis
Descendants
- Catalan: Sicília
- English: Sicily
- Italian: Sicilia
- Old Norse: Sikiley
- Old Portuguese: Cezilla
- Portuguese: Sicília
- Sicilian: Sicilia
References
- Sicilia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Sicilia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía)
Proper noun
Sicilia f