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SICILY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest island in the Mediterranean

Synonyms:

Sicilia; Sicily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Sicily"):

Cape Passero; Passero Cape (a cape that forms the southeastern corner of the island of Sicily)

Domain member region:

Cape Passero; Passero (a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719))

siege of Syracuse; Syracuse (the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse)

siege of Syracuse; Syracuse (the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes))

Holonyms ("Sicily" is a part of...):

Mediterranean; Mediterranean Sea (the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia)

Derivation:

Sicilian (of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Italian region on the island of Sicily

Synonyms:

Sicilia; Sicily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)

Meronyms (parts of "Sicily"):

Aegadean Islands; Aegadean Isles; Aegates; Egadi Islands; Isole Egadi (a group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean)

Messina (a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina)

Siracusa; Syracuse (a city in southeastern Sicily that was founded by Corinthians in the 8th century BC)

Palermo (the capital of Sicily; located in northwestern Sicily; an important port for 3000 years)

Acragas; Agrigento (a town in Italy in southwestern Sicily near the coast; the site of six Greek temples)

Etna; Mount Etna; Mt Etna (an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet))

Meronyms (members of "Sicily"):

Sicilian (a resident of Sicily)

Holonyms ("Sicily" is a part of...):

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

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