Sicily

Summary

Sicily is an island^[1]. Sicily ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sicily is located in Sicily^[3].
• Sicily is in the country of Italy^[4].
• Sicily is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[5].
• Sicily's image is recorded as Sicily-EO.JPG^[6].
• Sicily's continent is recorded as Europe^[7].
• Sicily's instance of is recorded as island^[8].
• Sicily's capital is recorded as Palermo^[9].
• Sicily's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 149921888^[10].
• Sicily's GND ID is recorded as 4055193-3^[11].
• Sicily's IdRef ID is recorded as 02640088X^[12].
• Sicily's Commons category is recorded as Sicily^[13].
• Sicily's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 6197225^[14].
• Sicily's highest point is recorded as Mount Etna^[15].
• Sicily's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.566666666667, 'lon': 14.266666666667}^[16].
• Sicily's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06w92^[17].
• Sicily's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge130805^[18].
• Sicily's topic's main category is recorded as Q14180210^[19].
• Sicily's population is recorded as {'amount': '+5050000'}^[20].
• Sicily's coordinates of northernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 38.30149, 'lon': 15.54193}^[21].
• Sicily's coordinates of southernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 36.64679, 'lon': 15.07979}^[22].
• Sicily's coordinates of easternmost point is recorded as {'lat': 38.26781111111111, 'lon': 15.653080555555556}^[23].
• Sicily's coordinates of westernmost point is recorded as {'lat': 37.80207, 'lon': 12.42426}^[24].
• Sicily's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[25].
• Sicily's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].
• Sicily's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Siebenter Band^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Sicily include Sicilians^[28], a human population^[29], in Italy^[30]; Sicilian^[31], a natural language^[32], in Italy^[33]; Strait of Sicily^[34], a strait^[35], in Italy^[36]; and Sicilia^[37], a battleship^[38].

Why It Matters

Sicily ranks in the top 6% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).^[2] Sicily has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] Sicily is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Sicily include Sicilians^[28], a human population^[29], in Italy^[30]; Sicilian^[31], a natural language^[32], in Italy^[33]; Strait of Sicily^[34], a strait^[35], in Italy^[36]; and Sicilia^[37], a battleship^[38].