Sicilian Defence

proper noun

A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black king's bishop's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Sicilian Defense · alternative Sicilian defense · alternative Sicilian defence

  1. A chess opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 c5, in which both the white king's pawn and the black king's bishop's pawn advance two squares as the first moves.

Translations

Arabic دِفَاع صِقِلِيّ
  • دِفَاع صِقِلِيّ (difāʕ ṣiqiliyy)chess opening
Bulgarian сицилиа́нска защи́та
  • сицилиа́нска защи́та (siciliánska zaštíta)chess opening
Catalan defensa siciliana
  • defensa sicilianachess opening
Chinese Mandarin 西西里防禦
  • 西西里防禦 (Xīxīlǐ fángyù)chess opening
Czech sicilská obrana
  • sicilská obranachess opening
Dutch Siciliaans
  • Siciliaanschess opening
Esperanto Sicilia defendo
  • Sicilia defendochess opening
Estonian Sitsiilia kaitse
  • Sitsiilia kaitsechess opening
Finnish sisilialainen puolustus
  • sisilialainen puolustuschess opening
French défense sicilienne
  • défense siciliennechess opening
German Sizilianische Verteidigung
  • Sizilianische Verteidigungchess opening
Greek σικελική άμυνα
  • σικελική άμυνα (sikelikí ámyna)chess opening
Hebrew הגנה סיציליאנית
  • הגנה סיציליאניתchess opening
Hungarian szicíliai védelem
  • szicíliai védelemchess opening
Icelandic Sikileyjarvörn
  • Sikileyjarvörnchess opening
Indonesian pertahanan Sisilia
  • pertahanan Sisiliachess opening
Italian difesa siciliana
  • difesa sicilianachess opening
Japanese シシリアン・ディフェンス
  • シシリアン・ディフェンス (Shishirian difensu)chess opening
Korean 시실리안 디펜스
  • 시실리안 디펜스 (Sisillian dipenseu)chess opening
Latvian sicīliešu aizsardzība
  • sicīliešu aizsardzībachess opening
Lithuanian siciliškoji gynyba
  • siciliškoji gynybachess opening
Norwegian Bokmål siciliansk
  • sicilianskchess opening
Polish obrona sycylijska
  • obrona sycylijskachess opening
Portuguese defesa siciliana
  • defesa sicilianachess opening
Romanian apărare siciliană
  • apărare sicilianăchess opening
Russian сицилиа́нская защи́та
  • сицилиа́нская защи́та (siciliánskaja zaščíta)chess opening
Slovak sicílska obrana
  • sicílska obranachess opening
Spanish defensa siciliana
  • defensa sicilianachess opening
Swedish siciliansk öppning, sicilianskt
  • siciliansk öppningchess opening
  • siciliansktchess opening
  • sicilianskt försvarchess opening
Tamil சிசிலியன் தற்காப்பு
  • சிசிலியன் தற்காப்பு (ciciliyaṉ taṟkāppu)chess opening
Turkish Sicilya savunması
  • Sicilya savunmasıchess opening
Ukrainian сицилі́йський за́хист
  • сицилі́йський за́хист (sycylíjsʹkyj záxyst)chess opening
Cite this entry
APA

Sicilian Defence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicilian%20Defence

MLA

“Sicilian Defence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicilian%20Defence. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sicilian Defence,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicilian%20Defence.

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