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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic صِقِلِّيَّة (ṣiqilliyya). One of the very few geographical names from outside Malta that were inherited.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sqallija f
- Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)
- Synonym: Siċilja
Adjective
Sqallija f
- feminine of Sqalli
- Synonym: Siċiljana