1 definition by Angelo Beviliacqua
A people coming from the Italian island region of Sicily. Many Sicilian-AMERICANS claim to be different and "better" than other Italians without actually having any evidence to back it up. Sicily was historically part of the same kingdoms of the rest of southern Italy and the Roman Empire, and was not the only Italian region to have been invaded by a large number of peoples and to have absorbed their cultures. Italy was cut up into many kingdoms before unification, and thus each region has their own distinct culture which they put before a united Italian culture. They ARE Italian.
“To have seen Italy without seeing Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all..."-Goethe
"Someone from the southern island of Sicily would first be Siciliano, then Italian. A Fiorentino from the central region of Tuscany would sooner declare allegiance to la Toscana than he would to a Calabrese...who in turn would distinguish himself from a Milanese."-Gabrielle Euvino
"For some reason Sicilians think that the Mafia makes them a separate culture from the rest of Italy. They must not know about the Calabrese 'Ndrangheta, the Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia, and the Camorra in Naples (which, incidentally, is older than the Sicilian Mafia)."
"Yeah, Sicilians have their own language. So do Neapolitans, Venetians, and almost every other kind of Italian."
"Someone from the southern island of Sicily would first be Siciliano, then Italian. A Fiorentino from the central region of Tuscany would sooner declare allegiance to la Toscana than he would to a Calabrese...who in turn would distinguish himself from a Milanese."-Gabrielle Euvino
"For some reason Sicilians think that the Mafia makes them a separate culture from the rest of Italy. They must not know about the Calabrese 'Ndrangheta, the Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia, and the Camorra in Naples (which, incidentally, is older than the Sicilian Mafia)."
"Yeah, Sicilians have their own language. So do Neapolitans, Venetians, and almost every other kind of Italian."
by Angelo Beviliacqua July 31, 2009