noun
1. the Italian region on the island of Sicily (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑Sicilia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Italian region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia
• Member Meronyms: ↑Sicilian
• Part Meronyms:
↑Egadi Islands, ↑Aegadean Isles, ↑Aegadean Islands, ↑Isole Egadi, ↑Aegates, ↑Messina, ↑Syracuse, ↑Siracusa, ↑Palermo, ↑Agrigento, ↑Acragas, ↑Etna, ↑Mount Etna, ↑Mt Etna
2. the largest island in the Mediterranean
• Syn: ↑Sicilia
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Sicilian
• Members of this Region: ↑Passero, ↑Cape Passero, ↑Syracuse, ↑siege of Syracuse
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑island
• Part Holonyms: ↑Mediterranean, ↑Mediterranean Sea
• Part Meronyms: ↑Cape Passero, ↑Passero Cape
Useful english dictionary. 2012.