cacicia

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly from caciu (“cheese”).

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Noun

cacicia f

1. dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola)

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cacicia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 607
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cacicia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 224
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “cacicia”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 125