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单词 unione siciliana
释义

Unione Sicilianan.

Brit. /(j)uːˈnjəʊnɪ sᵻˌsɪlɪˈɑːnə/, U.S. /ˌ(j)uˈnjoʊni səˌsɪliˈɑnə/
Forms: 1900s– Unione Siciliana, 1900s– Unione Siciliano (irregular), 1900s– Unione Siciliane (irregular), 1900s– Unione Sicilione (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian Unione Siciliana.
Etymology: < Italian Unione Siciliana, literally ‘Sicilian union’ (1893 denoting this society) < unione (see union n.2) + Siciliana , feminine of Siciliano (see Sicilian adj.).The Unione Siciliana was founded in Chicago in 1893 and incorporated by the State of Illinois as a fraternal association with the right to sell insurance in 1895. O.E.D. Suppl. (1986) gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (ūn·ne siiliā·na) /uːniˈoːne sitʃiliˈɑːna/.
Now historical.
A Chicago-based benevolent society for Sicilian immigrants, which developed into an Italian-American criminal organization similar to the Mafia.The Unione Siciliana was renamed the Italo-American National Union in 1925.
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1906 G. M'Gowan & J. J. Sudborough Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. 813 He has endeavored to have modern Italian taught in the public schools and was one of the organizers and members of the Unione Siciliana.
1907 Des Moines (Iowa) Daily News 18 Nov. 3/4 The Unione Siciliana, the strongest Sicilian society in the west..met yesterday for the purpose of organizing against the ‘Black Hand’.
1924 Chicago Herald Examiner 13 Nov. 3/1 A guard also was maintained at the wake for Michael Merlo, head of the Unione Siciliano society.
1930 F. D. Pasley Al Capone (1931) v. 231 Lombardo fell in his tracks, two dumdum bullets in his brain, the third president of the Unione Sicilione to die by the gun.
1970 P. Geddes November Wind iv. 35 The Trust..came into existence when the Mafia and L'Unione Siciliana were both on the slide.
2008 R. J. Shmelter Chicago Assassin iv. 50 Torrio had to get permission from the Unione Siciliana before taking action against his nemesis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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