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messina
/mɪˈsinə/
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What does messina mean?
proper noun
- A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.
- A metropolitan city in Sicily, which replaced the province in 2015.
- A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa.
- A surname from Italian.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɪˈsinə/
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Afterwards, they severally embarked their troops for Messina, in Sicily, which was appointed as the next place of meeting.
Marry, sir, our watch tonight, excepting your worship’s presence, ha’ ta’en a couple of as arrant knaves as any in Messina.
More book examples (3)
And between Sicily and Italy there is not but a little arm of the sea, that men clepe the Farde of Messina.
Before his coming, Nelson had offered the king, if no resources should arrive, to defend Messina with the ship's company of an English man-of-war.
So quickly was this order filled that on the twelfth day after the arrival of the cablegram, the ships were on their way to Messina with the lumber.