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SICILIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A resident of Sicily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sicilian" is a kind of...):

Italian (a native or inhabitant of Italy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Sicilian"):

mafioso (a member of the Sicilian Mafia)

Holonyms ("Sicilian" is a member of...):

Sicilia; Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)

Derivation:

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

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the people of Sicily

Example:

the Sicilian Mafia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)

Derivation:

Sicilian (a resident of Sicily)

Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean)

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