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Messina.

Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

name/mesˈsi.na/
  1. Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.

name/mesˈsi.na/
  1. a surname transferred from the place name

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.

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