Cicalas [noun]

A silence fell upon the party, so profound that the cicala in the dry hedge shrilled to pierce the ear.

They were pursued, and those who were captured suffered severe punishment at the hands of Cicala.

As we passed into the dark antechamber the chill damp air was cold as death after the cicala-haunted sunshine of the fields above.

He received there a great ovation for the victory due to Cicala.

The Pope's treasurer, Milliardo Cicala, was remiss in payments.

The word “cigales,” though really identical with our word “cicala,” seldom means the same thing.

In some foreign words like cicala the ch- (tsh) value is given to c.

Cicala, as a reward for his successful charge, was immediately promoted to be Grand Vizier.

Soon after her capture she became the property of Viscomte Cicala, who finally made her his wife.

Cicala, his home, he describes as a “little village of four or five cottages not too magnificent.”