LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Sicilia

Sicilia f sg (genitive Siciliae)
Classical[sɪˈkɪ.li.a]Ecclesiastical[siˈt͡ʃiː.li.a]

Meaning

  1. femininesingularSicily (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)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeSicilia—
genitiveSiciliae—
dativeSiciliae—
accusativeSiciliam—
ablativeSiciliā—
vocativeSicilia—
locativeSiciliae—

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

negotia habere (in Sicilia)
to have commercial interests in Sicily.

Sĭcĭlĭa, ae, v. Siculi, B.

Origins

  1. Ancient Greek Σῐ́κελος(Sĭ́kelos)
  2. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā)
  3. LatinSicilia

Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía)der. Latin Sicilia From Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”), the name of the Sicel people.

Descendants
  • CatalanSicília
  • ItalianSicilia
  • FrenchSicilefrom Middle French Sicile
  • PortugueseSicília
  • SpanishSicilia
  • GermanSizilien
  • EnglishSicilyfrom Old English Sicilia
  • AlbanianSicilafrom Italian Sicilia
  • Japaneseシチリアfrom Italian Sicilia
  • Korean시칠리아from Italian Sicilia

In English words that came into English from Sicilia

  • SicilianSicilia

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographySiciliaSicilia (Σικελία: Eth. Σικελιώτης, Ath. Σικελικός, Eth. Siciliensis: Sicily), one of the largest and most important islands in the Mediterranean. It w…

Quick answers

What does Sicilia mean in Latin?
Sicilia, a proper noun, means “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)”.
What is the genitive of Sicilia?
The genitive singular is Siciliae. Sicilia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Sicilia?
In classical Latin, [sɪˈkɪ.li.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [siˈt͡ʃiː.li.a].
Where does Sicilia come from?
Ancient Greek Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos) → Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) → Latin Sicilia.