Milici is a village in the

Province of Messina The province of Messina (; ) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy. Its capital was the city of Messina. It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina. Geography Territory It had an area of , ...

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Geography

The village is located about 160 km east of

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and about west of

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. As of 31 December 2007, it had a population of 600. The village is in the Municipality of Rodì Milici, and borders the following municipalities: Antillo,

Castroreale Castroreale (Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Castruriali'') is a village in the Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, southern Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). It has around 2,702 inhabitan ...

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Novara di Sicilia Novara di Sicilia (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Nuè; Sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Nuvara'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italy, Italian region of Sicily, located about east of Palermo and some southwes ...

, Terme Vigliatore. As to its name, it has been suggested to be derived from the Akkadian mil- , a flooding river, and –ki, a locality suffix (G. Tripodi. Some archaic toponyms of Middle Eastern origin in Western Europe. Complessità 2013, VIII p. 283). The village is indeed located close to a river of such a type, nearby an area with Bronze Age ruins.

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* A view from
Mt. Nicoletta
(above Milici). Metropolitan City of Messina {{Sicily-geo-stub