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- noun An ancient people of
Sicily and parts ofItaly
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Examples
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But, according to the best accounts, the Sicani were the most antient people of any in these parts.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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Cyclops; after them the Sicani, a people supposed to have been from Spain, were the possessors; then came the Siculi, a people of Italy.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various
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According to the ancient writers, the first inhabitants of Sicily were the Sicani; later there came from the Italian peninsula the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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And that they may appear to have a more profound knowledge of the laws, they speak of Trebatius, [185] and Cascellius, and Alfenus, and of the laws of the Aurunci and Sicani, which have long become obsolete, and have been buried ages ago with the mother of Evander.
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851
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According to Diodorus (v., 6), the Sicani, or aborigines preceding the Sicilians, were compelled to fly to the western part of the island, in the consequence of successive eruptions extending over many years.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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This spot had been occupied by the first inhabitants, the Cyclopians, Lestrygons, and Sicani: and it had this name from some sacred tower which they built.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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Here he boxed with Eryx; defeated the Sicani; and performed many other exploits.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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He deduces the Sicani from שכן, Sacan [482], near, because they were near their next neighbours; in other words, on account of their being next to the Pœni.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759
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Callimachus calls it, mistakenly, Trinacria, but says that it was near Ætna, and a portion of the antient Sicani.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) Jacob Bryant 1759
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Ragusa, Syracuse (Siracusa), Trapani History The original inhabitants of Sicily, long absorbed into the population, were tribes known to Greek writers as the Elymians, the Sicani and the Siculi or Sicels.
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