Messina

English

Etymology

From Italian Messina.

Proper noun

Messina

1. Province of Sicily, Italy.
2. Town and capital of Messina.

Translations

province

• French: Messine (fr) f
• Italian: Messina (it) f

• Maltese: Messina f
• Marathi: मेस्सिना (messinā)
• Polish: Mesyna f, Messyna f
• Spanish: Mesina (es) f

town

• Arabic: مسينة‎
• Aragonese: Mecina f
• Armenian: Մեսինա (Mesina)
• Belarusian: Месіна f (Mjesina)
• Bulgarian: Месина f (Mesina)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 墨西拿 (mak⁶ sai¹ naa⁴)

  Mandarin: 墨西拿 (zh) (Mòxīná)

• Esperanto: Mesino
• French: Messine (fr) f
• Georgian: მესინა (mesina)
• Greek: Μεσσήνη (el) f (Messíni)

  Ancient Greek Ζάγκλη (Zánklē) (original name), Μεσσήνη f (Messḗnē) (newer name)

• Hebrew: מסינה‎

• Italian: Messina (it) f
• Japanese: メッシーナ (Messhīna)
• Korean: 메시나 (mesina)
• Latin: Messāna (la) f
• Latvian: Mesīna f
• Lithuanian: Mesina f
• Maltese: Messina
• Marathi: मेस्सिना (messinā)
• Polish: Mesyna f, Messyna f
• Portuguese: Messina f
• Russian: Месси́на f (Messína)
• Sicilian: Missina f
• Spanish: Mesina (es) f, (outdated) Micina f
• Ukrainian: Мессіна f (Messina)

Anagrams

• inseams, samisen, sesamin

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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/, [mes̪ˈs̪iːn̺ä]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Mes‧sì‧na

Proper noun

Messina f

1. Messina (province)
2. Messina (town)

Derived terms

• messinese

Anagrams

• menassi
• minasse

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian Messina.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ˈsi.nɐ/

Proper noun

Messina f

1. Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)