Sicann.
/ˈsɪkən/ A member of an ancient people inhabiting Sicily at the time of the coming of the Sicels (see Sicel n. and adj.).
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Sicel1838
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1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 15/1 It is possible..that..the Sikans..belonged to the earlier non-Aryan population of western Europe.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 24/2 They [sc. the Sicels] found in the island a people called Sicans.
1968 M. Finley Hist. Sicily ii. 23 The Sicans who were apparently thinner on the ground than the Sicels, seem also to have been more resistant to Hellenization.
1970 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 2) 985/1 Thucydides..attributes an Iberian origin to the Sicans.
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