sicily

Other forms of sicily

plural

sicilies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sicily

What does sicily mean?

sicily means "the Italian region on the island of Sicily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sicily?

sicily has 3 syllables: sic-i-ly. The stress falls on "sic". In IPA it is /ˈsɪsəli/.

What is another word for sicily?

Close synonyms include Sicilia, Sicilia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sicily a common word?

sicily is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.