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Allegra (given name) Amalia (given name) Amelia (given name) Angelica (given name) Angelina (given name) Anita (given name) Annalisa (given name) Annamaria; Annetta (given name) Annina; Annunziata; Antonella; Antonia (name) Antonietta (given name) Antonina (name) Assunta (given name) Aurora (given name) Azzurra (given name)
Frank Capra, Sicilian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s. Maria Grazia Cucinotta , actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, and internationally known for her role in the Italian film Il Postino .
Sicilian Catholics. For Catholics in Sicily, the Virgin Hodegetria is the patroness of Sicily. The Sicilian people are also known for their deep devotion to some Sicilian female saints: the martyrs Agatha and Lucy, who are the patron saints of Catania and Syracuse respectively, and the hermit Saint Rosalia, patroness of Palermo. Sicilian people ...
The Italian nome is not analogous to the ancient Roman nomen; the Italian nome is the given name (distinct between siblings), while the Roman nomen is the gentile name (inherited, thus shared by all in a gens). Female naming traditions, and name-changing rules after adoption for both sexes, likewise differ between Roman antiquity and modern ...
She is an international pop star. Her real name is Alicia Augello Cook. Her mother, Teresa Augello, is of Sicilian descent (from Sciacca). Ariana Grande, (born June 26, 1993) American actress and singer. She is an international pop star. She is of Italian descent, half Sicilian (through her father Edward Butera), half Abruzzese.
In Italian, Simone is a masculine name or patronymic surname, pronounced with three syllables, whilst the feminine form Simona is widespread throughout Europe. [2] [3] In French and English Simone is a feminine name, pronounced with two syllables, whilst its masculine form in both languages is Simon/Simeon. Additionally, Simone, as a feminine ...
Salvatore Giuliano (1922–1950), Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giunta (born 1985), US Army staff sergeant and a recipient of the Medal of Honor Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born 1945), American mobster, former underboss of the Gambino crime family
The "Vocabolario siciliano" is a five-volume lexicographic work on the Sicilian language by Giorgio Piccitto, Salvatore Tropea, and Salvatore Carmelo Trovato.It was realised with assistance from the Sicilian Autonomous Region and the National Research Council (Italy).