Sicily

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administrative territorial entity autonomous region island

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, known for its rich ancient history, distinctive culture, and strategic location at the crossroads of Europe and North Africa.

Aliases (10)

Region of Sicily ×4
island of Sicily ×4
Sicily region ×2
eastern Sicily ×2
Autonomous Region of Sicily ×1
Norman Sicily ×1
Sicily (in some ancient definitions of Italy) ×1
Sicily (partly and intermittently) ×1
Sicily (temporarily) ×1
western Sicily ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → autonomous region → island →
capital	Palermo →
continent	Europe →
country	Italian Republic → Italy →
ethnicGroup	Sicilians →
formerColonyOf	Ancient Greece → Carthage →
formerProvinceOf	Roman Empire →
hasAirport	Catania–Fontanarossa Airport → Palermo Airport → Trapani–Birgi Airport →
hasCity	Agrigento → Caltanissetta → Catania → Enna → Gela → Marsala → Messina → Ragusa → Syracuse → Trapani →
hasMountainRange	Madonie → Nebrodi → Peloritani →
hasRegionalGovernment	Regional Government of Sicily →
hasRegionalParliament	Sicilian Regional Assembly →
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto → Mount Etna → Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica → Valley of the Temples → Villa Romana del Casale →
hasVolcano	Mount Etna → Stromboli → Vulcano →
highestPoint	Mount Etna →
historicalRegionOf	Kingdom of Sicily → Kingdom of the Two Sicilies →
knownFor	ancient Greek ruins → distinctive cuisine → strategic Mediterranean location → volcanic landscapes → wine production →
largestCity	Palermo →
locatedIn	Italian Peninsula → Mediterranean Sea → Southern Europe →
officialLanguage	Italian →
partOf	Italy →
regionalLanguage	Sicilian →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
seaBorder	Ionian Sea → Mediterranean Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea →
separatedBy	Strait of Messina →
separatedFrom	Italian mainland →

Referenced by (176)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akragas → Bisacquino → Caltanissetta → Cassibile → Catana → Catana ("eastern Sicily") → Catania → Catania–Fontanarossa Airport → Duke of Bronté → Enna → Gela → Himera → Madonie → Madonie Regional Natural Park → Magna Graecia → Marsala → Marsala ("western Sicily") → Messina → Motya → Mount Etna → Naxos (Sicily) → Nebrodi → Palermo → Palermo Airport → Peloritani → Ragusa → Stromboli → Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica → Trapani → Trapani–Birgi Airport → University of Catania → Valley of the Temples → Zancle →	locatedIn
Akragas → Battle of Cape Passaro → Cassibile → Catana → Catania → Enna → Fatimid Caliphate → Gela → Hauteville dynasty → Judeo-Italian → Madonie → Marsala → Messina → Mount Etna ("Sicily region") → Naxos (Sicily) → Palermo FC → Ragusa → Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica → Trapani → Two Sicilies piastra → University of Catania →	region
Allied invasion of Sicily → Augusta Naval Base → Austrian campaign in Sicily → Husky → Italian campaign → Justinianic reconquests → Mediterranean Theater of Operations → Operation Ladbroke → Second Punic War → Sicilian Expedition → Vandalic War in North Africa → War of the Quadruple Alliance →	location
Archimedes → Dionysius I of Syracuse → Empedocles → Gorgias → Pope Agatho → Saint Vitus →	birthPlace
Ancient Mediterranean world → Southern Italy → Vandal Kingdom → ancient Italy ("Sicily (in some ancient definitions of Italy)") →	hasPart
Charybdis → Hephaestus → Polyphemus →	associatedPlace
Tyrrhenian Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea ("Sicily region") → Western Mediterranean →	borders
Caltanissetta ("Region of Sicily") → Catania ("Region of Sicily") → Palermo ("Region of Sicily") →	countrySubdivision
Aeschylus → Demosthenes (general) → Rufinus of Aquileia →	deathPlace
Pyrrhic War → Typhonomachy → War of the Sicilian Vespers →	hasLocation
Mount Etna ("island of Sicily") → Palermo ("island of Sicily") → Peloritani ("island of Sicily") →	locatedOn
Kingdom of Odoacer → Kingdom of Sicily ("island of Sicily") → Ostrogothic Kingdom →	territoryIncludes
Regional Government of Sicily → Sicilian Regional Assembly →	appliesToJurisdiction
Dionysius I of Syracuse → Doric Greek →	associatedWith
Normans → Normans →	conquered
Genseric ("Sicily (partly and intermittently)") → Vandals ("Sicily (temporarily)") →	controlled
Demeter → Saint Vitus →	cultCenter
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → Western Roman Empire →	hasTerritory
Abraham Abulafia → Eremburga of Mortain →	placeOfActivity
Sophia Petrillo → Timaeus of Tauromenium →	placeOfBirth
Roger I of Sicily → Rufinus of Aquileia →	residence
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) → The Italian →	setting
Sicel → Sicel ("eastern Sicily") →	spokenIn
Italian Peninsula →	adjacentToIsland
Stromboli →	administrativeRegion
Vulcano →	adminRegion
Expedition of the Thousand →	arrivalRegion
Demosthenes (general) →	campaignLocation
Palermo →	capitalOf
Tyrrhenian region →	coastlineOn
Great Siege of Malta →	combatant
Western Mediterranean →	containsIsland
Polyzalus of Gela →	country
Southern Kingdom →	countryControlled
Philip IV of Spain →	countryRuled
Hades →	cultPlaces
Phoenician civilization →	culturalInfluenceRegion
Normans ("Norman Sicily") →	culturalSynthesisIn
Naxos (Sicily) →	earliestGreekSettlementIn
Sicilian Regional Assembly ("Autonomous Region of Sicily") →	governs
Mediterranean Basin →	hasKeyIslandRegion
Mediterranean Sea →	hasMajorIsland
Italy →	hasRegion
Italians →	historicalRegion
Tyrrhenian region →	includes
Sicilian Regional Assembly →	isAutonomousRegionBodyOf
Elba →	largerOnlyThan
Operation Baytown →	launchPoint
Sicilian Regional Assembly ("Region of Sicily") →	legislativeBodyFor
Sicilian Regional Assembly →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Messina →	locatedOnIsland
Sicilian Baroque →	mainRegion
First Punic War →	mainTheater
Zancle →	modernRegion
Philip III of Portugal →	monarchOf
Minos →	mythologicalDeathPlace
On to Berlin →	narrativeLocation
Strait of Messina →	nearIsland
Bruttium →	oppositeTo
Thomas Becket →	patronage
Peloponnesian War →	place
Empedocles →	placeOfDeath
Archidamian War →	primaryTheater
Timaeus of Tauromenium →	regionOfActivity
House of Barcelona →	regionOfInfluence
Palermo Airport →	regionServed
Normans →	ruledRegion
Calabria →	separatedFrom
Strait of Messina →	separates
The Godfather →	setIn
The Godfather Part II →	setInLocation
A Sicilian Romance →	settingLocation
Italian armistice of 1943 →	signedAt
Magna Graecia →	todayPartlyLocatedIn
Treaty of Utrecht →	transferredTerritory
Ibn Jubayr →	traveledTo
Punic script →	usedIn
Caravaggio →	workedIn
Persephone →	worshipCenter
Aristaeus →	worshipPlace