Sizilien

German

Alternative forms

• Sicilien (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ziˈtsiːliən/

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Proper noun

Sizilien n (proper noun, genitive Siziliens or (optionally with an article) Sizilien, plural (rare) Sizilien)

1. Sicily (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)

Usage notes

• The plural Sizilien refers to regions also known as Neapel and Sizilien, and does also occur in the proper noun Königreich beider Sizilien.

Related terms

• Sizilianer
• sizilianisch
• Sizilienne