Sicilians

Also known as Sicilian people, Sicily residents

Sicilians () are an Italian ethnographic group who are native to Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, as well as the largest and most populous of the autonomous regions of Italy.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: SiciliansSiciliani
Ethnic group.image: Giorgio Avola teams 2014 CIP t132130.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: Giorgio Avola, Sicilian Olympic fencer
Ethnic group.regions: Sicily4,833,329
Ethnic group.tablehdr: Diaspora
Ethnic group.region1: Germany
Ethnic group.pop1: 199,546
Ethnic group.rels: Predominantly Roman Catholicism (Latin and Byzantine Rite)Minority Greek Orthodox, Judaism, Irreligion
Ethnic group.related_groups: Other Italians, Sicilian diaspora, Greeks, Maltese, Normans, Calabrians, Arbëreshë, Other Southern Europeans
Ethnic group.langs: NativeSicilianPrimarilyItalian
Ethnic group.region2: Belgium
Ethnic group.pop2: 89,581
Ethnic group.region3: United States
Ethnic group.pop3: 85,175 (2000, incl. ancestry)
Ethnic group.region4: Switzerland
Ethnic group.pop4: 64,456
Ethnic group.region5: Argentina
Ethnic group.pop5: 61,621

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections

Contents

History
Prehistory
Ancient history
Middle Ages
Modern and contemporary history
Demographics
Major settlements
Names and surnames
Diaspora
Genetics
Autosomal studies
mtDNA and Y-DNA studies
Paleogenetics
Culture
Languages
Ethno-linguistic minorities
Religion
Art and architecture
Cuisine
Gallery
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

Sicilians () are an Italian ethnographic group who are native to Sicily, the largest island in the Mediterranean, as well as the largest and most populous of the autonomous regions of Italy.

==History==

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