Meanings
- historicalA medieval Islamic state that ruled Sicily from 831 until falling to the Normans in 1091; specifically, the state ruled by the Kalbids, from 948 to 1091.
In the ninth century, during the Emirate of Sicily, the bitter orange was introduced in Sicily.
2018, Antonio Capurso, Gaetano Crepaldi, Cristiano Capurso, Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet in the Elderly Patient, Springer, page 2352 more examples
1992 [Rosemont Publishing & Printing], Peter Sammartino, William Roberts, Sicily: An Informal History, 2001, Cromwall Books, Paperback, page 44, After becoming the capital of the Arab Emirate of Sicily, Palermo became a center of a cultural assimilation that was developed during the Arab conquest of the Mediterranean region and the Middle East.
In Italy, similar devices are found both in Puglia and in Sicily, where the town of Palermo still takes a proportion of its water out of a network of qanats (see Todaro, 2014); the Arabic term being employed in Palermo since the town's history as the capital of the Emirate of Sicily has led many to assume that the structures are of Arabic origin.
2019, Lorenzo Caponetti, “Chapter 21: The Invisible Landscape”, in Christian Isendahl, Daryl Stump, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Historical Ecology and Applied Archaeology, Oxford University Press, page 415
Translations
Arabic إِمَارَة صِقِلِّيَة
- إِمَارَة صِقِلِّيَةhistorical emirate which ruled Sicily
French émirat de Sicile
- émirat de Sicilehistorical emirate which ruled Sicily
German Emirat von Sizilien
- Emirat von Sizilienhistorical emirate which ruled Sicily
Hindi सिसिली अमीरात
- सिसिली अमीरात (sisilī amīrāt)historical emirate which ruled Sicily
Italian Emirato di Sicilia
- Emirato di Siciliahistorical emirate which ruled Sicily
Cite this entry
Emirate of Sicily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emirate%20of%20Sicily
“Emirate of Sicily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Emirate%20of%20Sicily. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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