Sicilian

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Adjective

Sicilian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Sicily or its inhabitants.

Translations

• French: sicilien
• German: sizilianisch
• Italian: siciliano
• Portuguese: siciliano
• Russian: сицили́йский
• Spanish: siciliano

Proper noun

1. The language of Sicily.

Translations

• French: sicilien
• German: Sizilianisch
• Italian: siciliano
• Portuguese: siciliano
• Russian: сицили́йский
• Spanish: siciliano

Noun

Sicilian (plural Sicilians)

1. A native of Sicily.
2. Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
   • 2009, Reg Keeland, translator, The Girl Who Played with Fire (translation of, 2006 (publication date), Stieg Larsson, Flickan som lekte med elden), Knopf, ISBN 9780307269980, chapter 9, page 129:

     Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.

Translations

• French: Sicilien, Sicilienne
• German: Sizilianer, Sizilianerin
• Italian: siciliano, siciliana
• Portuguese: siciliano, siciliana
• Russian: сицили́ец
• Spanish: siciliano, siciliana

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