CARINI, a town in the province of Palermo, Sicily, 13m. by rail W.N.W. of Palermo. Pop. (1921) 12,912 (town) ; 14,217 (commune). On the coast lay the ancient Hyccara, said to be the only Sican settlement on the coast. It was stormed and taken by the Athenians in 415 B.C., and the inhabitants, among them the famous courtesan Lais, were sold as slaves.