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Sicily (island) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Large island comprising most of the Sicily administrative region of Italy. Home to Stone Age Sicani, Elymi and Siculi (arrived from toe of Italy ca. 1000 BCE). The island was colonized by Greece from the 8th century BCE and by the Romans by 215 BCE. It was later taken by Vandals, Goths (493 CE), Byzantines and Arabs (850) and it thrived under the Normans (from the 11th century) and the Hohenstaufens. The island formed a part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (or Naples) during the 12th and 13th centuries, and it was ruled by the Bourbons in the 18th century. |
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| Sicilia, Isola di (preferred,C,V,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Sicily (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Sizilien (C,O)
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| Sicilia (C,V)
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| Isola di Sicilia (C,V)
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| Sicile (C,V)
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| Σικελία (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Sicilian (C,V)
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| סיציליה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Sikanie (H,V)
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............ | ancient name; recorded in Homer's "The Odyssey" |
| Thrinacria (H,V)
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| Trinacria (H,V)
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............ | ancient name, meaning "three-pointed" in reference to the island's triangular shape |
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Sicily (island) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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| island (preferred, C) |
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region comprises this large island and several nearby smaller islands |
| islands (C) |
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Sicily .......... (region (administrative division)) |
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(World, Europe, Italy) [7003122] |
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