Concept information
Preferred term
Sicilian Americans
Definition
- Sicilian Americans are descendants of immigrants from Sicily, the island just off the southernmost tip of the Italian peninsula. Before annexation by the Italian kingdom in 1861, Sicily had been ruled by foreign powers and did not share a history with the mainland. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Sicilian Americans]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Sicilian_Americans
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