Meanings
adjectiveSicilian (not comparable)
- not comparableOf, from or relating to Sicily, Italy.
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?
2020 June 12, Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales, “Should we defund the police?”, in Capitalisn't, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2026
proper noun
- The language of Sicily.
- geographyA sub-age from 0.781 to 0.26 million years ago, a subdivision of the Pleistocene.
nounSicilian (plural Sicilians)
plural Sicilians
- A native or inhabitant of Sicily, Italy.
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 [...]
1861, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 75, page 553
Origin
From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Sisiliaans
- Sisiliaanslanguage
Ancient Greek Σικελικός, Σικελός
- Σικελικός (Sikelikós)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Σικελός (Sikelós)person
Arabic صِقِلِّيّ, الصقلية
- صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- الصقليةlanguage
- صِقِلِّية (ṣiqilliya)person
- صِقِلِّيّ (ṣiqilliyy)person
Basque siziliar, siziliera
- siziliarrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sizilieralanguage
- siziliarperson
Bulgarian сицилиа́нски, сицилиа́нски
- сицилиа́нски (siciliánski)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- сицилиа́нски (siciliánski)language
- сицилиа́нец (siciliánec)person
- сицилиа́нка (siciliánka)person
Catalan sicilià, sicilià
- siciliàrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- siciliàlanguage
- siciliàperson
- sicilianaperson
Chinese Mandarin 西西里的, 西西里語
- 西西里的 (Xīxīlǐ de)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- 西西里語 (Xīxīlǐ yǔ)language
- 西西里人 (Xīxīlǐ rén)person
Czech sicilský, sicilština
- sicilskýrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilštinalanguage
- Sicilanperson
Danish siciliansk, siciliansk
- sicilianskrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- siciliansklanguage
Dutch Siciliaans, Siciliaans
- Siciliaansrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Siciliaanslanguage
- Siciliaanperson
- Siciliaanseperson
Esperanto siciliano, sicilianino
- sicilianoperson
- sicilianinoperson
Estonian sitsiillane
- sitsiillaneperson
Finnish sisilialainen, sisilia
- sisilialainenrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sisilialanguage
- sisilian kielilanguage
- sisilialainenperson
French sicilien, sicilien
- sicilienrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilienlanguage
- Sicilienperson
- Sicilienneperson
German sizilianisch, Sizilianisch
- sizilianischrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Sizilianischlanguage
- Sizilianerperson
- Sizilianerinperson
Greek σικελικός, σικελικά
- σικελικός (sikelikós)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- σικελικά (sikeliká)language
- σικελική γλώσσα (sikelikí glóssa)language
- Σικελός (Sikelós)person
- Σικελή (Sikelí)person
Hungarian szicíliai, szicíliai nyelv
- szicíliairelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- szicíliai nyelvlanguage
- szicíliailanguage
- szicíliaiperson
Icelandic sikileyskur, sikileyska
- sikileyskurrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sikileyskalanguage
Irish an tSicilis
- an tSicilislanguage
Italian siciliano, siciliano
- sicilianorelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilianolanguage
- sicilianoperson
- sicilianaperson
Japanese シチリアの, シチリア語
- シチリアの (Shichiria no)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- シチリア語 (Shichiria-go)language
- シチリア人 (Shichiria-jin)person
Korean 시칠리아의, 시칠리아 방언
- 시칠리아의 (sichilliaui)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- 시칠리아 방언 (sichillia bang'eon)language
- 시칠리아 사람 (sichillia saram)person
Norwegian siciliansk
- siciliansklanguage
Norwegian Bokmål siciliansk, sicilianer
- sicilianskrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilianerperson
Persian سیسیلی, سیسیلی
- سیسیلی (sisili)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- سیسیلی (sisili)language
- سیسیلی (sisili)person
Polish sycylijski, sycylijski
- sycylijskirelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sycylijskilanguage
- język sycylijskilanguage
- Sycylijczykperson
- Sycylijkaperson
Portuguese siciliano, siciliano
- sicilianorelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilianolanguage
- sicilianoperson
- sicilianaperson
Romanian sicilian, siciliană
- sicilianrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilianălanguage
- limba sicilianălanguage
- sicilianperson
- sicilianăperson
- siciliancăperson
Russian сицили́йский, сицили́йский
- сицили́йский (sicilíjskij)relating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- сицили́йский (sicilíjskij)language
- сицили́йский язы́к (sicilíjskij jazýk)language
- сицили́ец (sicilíjec)person
- сицили́йка (sicilíjka)person
Slovak sicílsky
- sicílskyrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
Spanish siciliano, siciliano
- sicilianorelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilianolanguage
- sicilianoperson
- sicilianaperson
Swedish siciliansk, sicilianska
- sicilianskrelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- sicilianskalanguage
- sicilianareperson
Turkish Sicilyalı, Sicilyaca
- Sicilyalırelating to Sicily or its inhabitants
- Sicilyacalanguage
- Sicilyalıperson
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Cite this entry
APA
Sicilian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicilian
MLA
“Sicilian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicilian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sicilian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicilian.
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