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Ancient Sicily

The Sicels from which the name Sicily derives.


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400 B.C.


218 B.C.

In this next map, you can see how some of the current pronunciations came to evolve from some of the previous names for the cities. One example is Cefalù. The local pronunciation sounds almost similar (minus the d) to a previous name for the city which was Gheflud.

https://www.liberoquotidiano.it/news/italia/11909499/sicilia-regione-araba-cartina-nomi-citta.html

Regions of Sicily

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