Etymology

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Today it means: A former kingdom in southern Italy with its capital at Palermo and Naples between 1816 and 1861, covering Sicily and most of the present-day Mezzogiorno. Full definition →

Italian Regno delle Due Sicilie ← Latin Regnum Utriusque Siciliae
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  1. Latin · derived fromRegnum Utriusque Siciliae
  2. Italian · derived fromRegno delle Due Sicilie
  3. English todayKingdom of the Two Sicilies

A calque of Italian Regno delle Due Sicilie and Latin Regnum Utriusque Siciliae, both named in reference to the 1816 creation of the state as the personal union of the Kingdom of Sicily before Faro (the Kingdom of Naples, by its formal name), and the Kingdom of Sicily beyond Faro (the Kingdom of Sicily proper).

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