Sicily
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian Sicilia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicels”), the name of an ancient, indigenous people on the Tiber.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sicily (plural Sicilies) (see usage notes below)
- An autonomous region and island of Italy.
Usage notesEdit
- While the rules of English state that proper nouns ending in y add an s to form their plural (as in Germanys and Marys), Sicily is an exception to this rule, as in The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
island
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