sicilian

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Si=cil=ian

CIDE DICTIONARY

sicilian, a. 

 Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.  [1913 Webster]

Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday, at the hour of vespers.

sicilian, n. 

 A native or inhabitant of Sicily.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sicilian, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a native of Sicily, an island off the S. coast of Italy.
2 a person of Sicilian descent.
--adj. of or relating to Sicily.

Etymology

L Sicilia Sicily