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Palermitan, n. and a.|pəˈlɜːmɪtən|
[ad. It. palermitano.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of the Sicilian town or province of Palermo.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Palermo.
1673J. Ray Observations Journey Low-Countries 279 There is a great emulation and enmity between the Palermitans and Messanese, which involves the whole Island. 1826M. Kelly Reminisc. I. 80 The Palermitans are all fond of music. 1835N. P. Willis Pencillings by Way I. xxi. 257 The oddity of the Palermitan style of building struck me forcibly. 1847J. H. Newman Let. 25 Aug. (1962) XII. 109 There was a Palermitan father at dinner... He has warmly invited us to Palermo. 1908Westm. Gaz. 6 July 4/2 The editor..is a Palermitan, and his family is the Sicilian branch of the Roman Colonnas. 1936G. F.-H. & J. Berkeley Italy in Making II. xxii. 339 Even in Sicily, La Masa and his Palermitans would rise against Ferdinand with shouts of ‘Viva Pio Nono!’ 1961Times 14 Jan. 9/2 Palermo's cathedral church..is in its own way more typically ‘palermitan’ than them all. 1968D. M. Smith Medieval Sicily x. 110 St. Cristina's fair during which Palermitans had had the valuable privilege of not paying customs or excise duty. 1978Harpers & Queen Sept. 42/4 We had..spaghetti con sarda, a Palermitan dish, with sardines, fennel and raisins. |