Sicily

S1I1C3I1L1Y4
/ˈsɪsɪli//ˈsɪsəli/

proper noun

The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.

Similar
Kingdom of SicilyKingdom of NaplesKingdom of the Two Sicilies
OriginMiddle English Sicilie ← Old English Sicilia ← Latin Sicilia →
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Meanings

proper nounSicily (plural Sicilies)

plural Sicilies

  1. The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily.
  2. historicalSynonym of Kingdom of Sicily, a former kingdom controlling the island and some of southern Italy in the medieval and early modern period

    Synonyms: Kingdom of Sicily

  3. historicalSynonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom controlling southern Italy and claiming sovereignty over the island in the early modern period

    Synonyms: Kingdom of Naples

  4. historicalSynonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom controlling the island and most of southern Italy in the 19th century

    Synonyms: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Kingdom of Sicily, a former kingdom controlling the island and some of southern Italy in the medieval and early modern period

Similar
Kingdom of Sicily

proper nounSynonym of Kingdom of Naples, a former kingdom controlling southern Italy and claiming sovereignty over the island in the early modern period

Similar
Kingdom of Naples

proper nounSynonym of Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, a former kingdom controlling the island and most of southern Italy in the 19th century

Similar
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Also see
kingdom of napleskingdom of the two sicilies

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΣικελία
  2. LatinSicilia
  3. Old EnglishSicilia
  4. Middle EnglishSicilie
  5. EnglishSicily

From Middle English Sicilie, Sicilye, from Old English Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”). Doublet of Sicilia.

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Translations

Afrikaans Sisilië
  • Sisiliëisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Ancient Greek Σικελία
  • Σικελία (Sikelía)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Arabic صِقِلِّيَّة
  • صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Basque Sizilia
  • Siziliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Bengali সিসিলি, সিকিল্লি
  • সিসিলি (śiśili)island in the Mediterranean Sea
  • সিকিল্লি (śikilli)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Bulgarian Сицѝлия
  • Сицѝлия (Sicìlija)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Catalan Sicília
  • Sicíliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Chinese Mandarin 西西里
  • 西西里 (Xixīlǐ)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Czech Sicílie
  • Sicílieisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Danish Sicilien
  • Sicilienisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Dutch Sicilië
  • Siciliëisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Esperanto Sicilio
  • Sicilioisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Estonian Sitsiilia
  • Sitsiiliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Finnish Sisilia
  • Sisiliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
French Sicile
  • Sicileisland in the Mediterranean Sea
German Sizilien
  • Sizilienisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Greek Σικελία
  • Σικελία (Sikelía)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Hawaiian Kikilia
  • Kikiliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Hebrew סִיצִילְיָה
  • סִיצִילְיָהisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Hindi सिसिली
  • सिसिली (sisilī)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Hungarian Szicília
  • Szicíliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Icelandic Sikiley
  • Sikileyisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Indonesian Sisilia
  • Sisiliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Irish An tSicil
  • An tSicilisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Italian Sicilia
  • Siciliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Japanese シチリア, シチリア州
  • シチリア (Shichiria)island in the Mediterranean Sea
  • シチリア州 (Shichiria-shū)island in the Mediterranean Sea
  • シチリア島 (Shichiria-tō)island in the Mediterranean Sea
  • シシリー (Shishirī)island in the Mediterranean Sea
  • シシリー島 (Shishirī-tō)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Korean 시칠리아
  • 시칠리아 (Sichillia)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Latin Sicilia
  • Siciliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Latvian Sicīlija
  • Sicīlijaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Lithuanian Sicilija
  • Sicilijaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Māori Hihirī
  • Hihirīisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Norwegian Bokmål Sicilia
  • Siciliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Persian سیسیل, صقلیه
  • سیسیل (sisil)island in the Mediterranean Sea
  • صقلیه (seqelliyye)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Polish Sycylia
  • Sycyliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Portuguese Sicília
  • Sicíliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Punjabi ਸਿਚੀਲੀਆ
  • ਸਿਚੀਲੀਆ (sicīlīā)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Romanian Sicilia, Сичилия
  • Siciliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
  • Сичилия (Sicilia)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Russian Сици́лия
  • Сици́лия (Sicílija)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Slovak Sicília
  • Sicíliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Spanish Sicilia
  • Siciliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Swahili Sisilia
  • Sisiliaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Swedish Sicilien
  • Sicilienisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Tagalog Sisily
  • Sisilyisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Tamil சிசிலி
  • சிசிலி (cicili)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Thai ซิซิลี
  • ซิซิลี (sí-sí-lee)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Turkish Sicilya
  • Sicilyaisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Ukrainian Сици́лія
  • Сици́лія (Sycýlija)island in the Mediterranean Sea
Urdu صقلیہ
  • صقلیہisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Welsh Sisili
  • Sisiliisland in the Mediterranean Sea
Yiddish סיציליע
  • סיציליע (sitsilye)island in the Mediterranean Sea

Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

cicely
Cite this entry
APA

Sicily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicily

MLA

“Sicily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sicily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sicily.

Source: Sicily on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.