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sicilia
(encz) | Sicilia, |
sicilia
(wn) | Sicilia
n 1: the Italian region on the island of Sicily [syn: Sicily,
Sicilia]
2: the largest island in the Mediterranean [syn: Sicily,
Sicilia] |
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sicilian
(encz) | Sicilian,Sicilian n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
siciliana
(encz) | Siciliana, |
sicilians
(encz) | Sicilians, |
sicilian
(czen) | Sicilian,Siciliann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Sicilian
(gcide) | Sicilian \Si*cil"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
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Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in
Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday,
at the hour of vespers.
[1913 Webster]Sicilian \Si*cil"i*an\, n.
A native or inhabitant of Sicily.
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Sicilian bdellium
(gcide) | bdellium \bdel"lium\, n. [L., fr. Gr. bde`llion; cf. Heb.
b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1).]
1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (--Gen.
ii. 12, and --Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a
precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber
found in Arabia.
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2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India,
Persia, and Africa.
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Note: Indian bdellium or false myrrh is an exudation from
Balsamodendron Roxburghii. Other kinds are known as
African bdellium, Sicilian bdellium, etc.
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Sicilian Mafia
(gcide) | Maffia \Maf"fi*a\, Mafia \Ma"fi*a\, n. [It. maffia.]
1. A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political
organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is
used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by
illegal methods; called also the Sicilian Mafia.
[WordNet sense 2]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A group of loosely associated of criminal organizations in
the United States, some having ties to the Sicilian Mafia,
and organized in "families"; the term is applied to the
entire group of organizations, or to any one local group.
Also, loosely, organized groups of criminals anywhere, as
the Russian mafia. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: syndicate, mob, Cosa Nostra, La Cosa Nostra, organized
crime.
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3. Any tightly knit group of trusted associates having strong
control or influence in some area; as, Kennedy and his
Irish Mafia. [informal] [WordNet sense 3]
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Sicilian vespers
(gcide) | Sicilian \Si*cil"i*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to Sicily or its inhabitants.
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Sicilian vespers, the great massacre of the French in
Sicily, in the year 1282, on the evening of Easter Monday,
at the hour of vespers.
[1913 Webster]Vespers \Ves"pers\, n. pl. [OF. vespres, F. v[^e]pres, LL.
vesperae, fr. L. vespera evening. See Vesper, n.] (R. C.
Ch.)
(a) One of the little hours of the Breviary.
(b) The evening song or service.
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Sicilian vespers. See under Sicilian, a.
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Siciliano
(gcide) | Siciliano \Si*ci`li*a"no\, n. [It., Sicilian.]
A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather
slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the
music to the dance.
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sicilian
(wn) | Sicilian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the
people of Sicily; "the Sicilian Mafia"
n 1: a resident of Sicily |
sicilian mafia
(wn) | Sicilian Mafia
n 1: a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed
tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the
middle of the 19th century [syn: Mafia, Maffia,
Sicilian Mafia] |
sicilian pizza
(wn) | Sicilian pizza
n 1: pizza made with a thick crust |
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