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Meaning of Sicilian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
sɪˈsɪlɪən

Definitions

  1. The language of Sicily.
  2. A native or inhabitant of Sicily, <.
  3. Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.

Equivalents

Examples

“The picture of devastated Palermo which he draws fills up the measure of the dastardly oppression which has now passed away; more disgraceful excesses than those committed by the Bavarese, as the Sicilians called the royal troops, were [...]”
“Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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