Messina
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛˈsiːnə/
Proper noun
Messina
- A province of Sicily, Italy.
- A city, the provincial capital of Messina, Sicily, Italy.
- Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa.
Messina (plural Messinas)
- A surname from Italian.
Translations
province
city
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Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.
- Forebears
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mesˈsi.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ina
- Hyphenation: Mes‧sì‧na
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: Messina
Further reading
- Forebears
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2022
Portuguese
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