proper noun/si.sil/
Sicile is feminine in French.
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)
Related: sicilien, Sicilien, Sicilienne
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía)der. Latin Sicilia Middle French Sicile French Sicile Inherited from Middle French Sicile, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos, “Sicel”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).