Sicily in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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Sicilia
Sicily
quaggiù in Sicilia non piove mai
down here in Sicily it never rains
Mezzogiorno
(or the Meridione) A term which means southern Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia. The south has a wealth of artistic treasures and beautiful countryside but economically it is less industrialized than the rest of Italy. In 1950 a special public body, the Cassa del Mezzogiorno, was set up to finance the development of the south with wide-ranging financial measures. Nowadays the Cassa del Mezzogiorno does not exist any more. However, the development of the south still remains a major problem for Italy today.
I Mille
In May 1860 Giuseppe Garibaldi's expedition to Sicily set off in two ships loaded with just over a thousand volunteers. In October, at the end of the campaign, when Garibaldi delivered the south, taken from the Bourbons, to King Vittorio Emanuele, the camicie rosse (Red shirts) had become much greater in number, but the one thousand who had set off from Quarto, near Genoa, remained the symbol of the best-known event in the Italian Risorgimento. As such they are still remembered today in the street names of many Italian towns.
a Natale andrà giù in Sicilia inf
at Christmas he's going down to Sicily

Sicily in the PONS Dictionary

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Messina a city in Sicily
Messina
In ancient times fresh noodles were made from flour, water, and salt. It was in the Middle Ages, during the Arab rule of Sicily, that people first began to dry and store noodle dough, a process which suddenly allowed pasta to spread first throughout Italy and then all over the world. The dozens of types of pasta known today include not only spaghetti and maccheroni, but also penne, tubetti, lumaconi, conchiglie, bucatini, fusilli, capelli d'angelo, rigatoni, linguine, ziti, and vermicelli.
pasta
Catania port in eastern Sicily
Catania
Trapani town in western Sicily
Trapani
Syracuse city in southeastern Sicily
Siracusa
Caltanissetta province in the south of Sicily
Caltanissetta
Many regions claim to be the home of gelato (ice cream), but in fact it seems to have spread from Sicily, after being introduced there by the Arabs. Indeed ice cream is believed to have originated from the ancient sorbet - from the Arabic word "sherbet" - which was invented by them to combat the searing heat of their desert home and taken by them to Sicily, where local ingredients were added. Sicilian ice cream is still renowned today, both for the exotic flavors ranging from mulberry to prickly pear and for the way in which it is served, in cones or cups but also sandwiched in the middle of a brioche. Throughout Italy, ice cream is served not in scoops but with a spatula, with the result that the size of the portions varies and depends on the whim of the person who is serving.
gelato

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The trial resulted in him being sent to fight in Sicily in 1943.
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The purpose was first to gain independence for Sicily.
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It touches on many of the comuni in the mountains and is one of the largest protected parks in Sicily.
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In Sicily, he was charged with setting up its defence.
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