What does Sicilia mean?

Definitions for Sicilia
siˈtʃi lyɑ for 1 ; sɪˈsɪl yə, -ˈsɪl i ə for 2si·cil·i·a

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Sicily, Sicilianoun

    the Italian region on the island of Sicily

  2. Sicily, Sicilianoun

    the largest island in the Mediterranean

Wikipedia

  1. sicilia

    Sicily (Sicilian: Sicilia [sɪˈʃiːlja]; Italian: Sicilia [siˈtʃiːlja]) is the largest and most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 20 regions of Italy. The Strait of Messina divides it from the region of Calabria in Southern Italy. It is one of the five Italian autonomous regions and is officially referred to as Regione Siciliana. The region has 5 million inhabitants. Its capital city is Palermo. Sicily is in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe, from which it is separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,357 m (11,014 ft) high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate. The earliest archaeological evidence of human activity on the island dates from as early as 12,000 BC. By around 750 BC, Sicily had three Phoenician and a dozen Greek colonies and it was later the site of the Sicilian Wars and the Punic Wars. After the end of the Roman province of Sicilia with the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, Sicily was ruled during the Early Middle Ages by the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the Byzantine Empire, and the Emirate of Sicily. The Norman conquest of southern Italy led to the creation of the County of Sicily in 1071, that was succeeded by Kingdom of Sicily, a state that existed from 1130 until 1816. Later, it was unified under the House of Bourbon with the Kingdom of Naples as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The island became part of Italy in 1860 following the Expedition of the Thousand, a revolt led by Giuseppe Garibaldi during the Italian unification, and a plebiscite. Sicily was given special status as an autonomous region on 15 May 1946, 18 days before the Italian institutional referendum of 1946. Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture.

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  1. sicilia

    Sicilia, also known as Sicily, is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. It is located to the south of the Italian Peninsula and is separated from it by the Strait of Messina. Its capital and largest city is Palermo. Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. It is also home to many important archaeological and ancient sites. The island is known for its diverse landscapes, including mountains, hills, and beautiful coastlines.

Wikidata

  1. Sicilia

    Sicilia was the first province acquired by the Roman Republic, organized in 241 BC as a proconsular governed territory, in the aftermath of the First Punic War with Carthage. It included Sicily and Malta. Very important during the republican period for its role in supplying grain to the city of Rome, the island started to lose importance with the conquest of Africa and especially with the annexation of the Ptolemaic kingdom. Nevertheless the province was to regain its importance centuries later, when Rome lost control over these areas and was forced to turn back to Sicily for her needs. Sicilia remained a province of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire for six centuries. It was regarded as something of a rural backwater, important chiefly for its grainfields which were a mainstay of the food supply of the city of Rome. The empire did not make much effort to Romanize the region, which remained largely Greek. A notable event affecting Sicilia in the Late Republic was the notorious misgovernment of Verres, as prosecuted by Cicero in 70 BC in his speech In Verrem. The historian Diodorus Siculus and the poet Calpurnius Siculus came from Sicilia, as indicated by the surname Siculus. The most famous archeological remains of this period are the mosaics of a nobleman's villa in present-day Piazza Armerina.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SICILIA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sicilia is ranked #26887 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sicilia surname appeared 903 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sicilia.

    80.2% or 725 total occurrences were White.
    17.5% or 158 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.7% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sicilia in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sicilia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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