Messina

== English == === Etymology === From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛˈsiːnə/ === Proper noun === Messina 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. Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa. === Proper noun === Messina (plural Messinas) A surname from Italian. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580. Forebears === Anagrams === Isemans, sesamin, manises, Messian, samisen, Minases, Eismans, inseams == 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/ Rhymes: -ina Hyphenation: Mes‧sì‧na === Proper noun === Messina f Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: Messina → Ottoman Turkish: مسینه (mesine) Turkish: misina === Proper noun === Messina m or f by sense a surname transferred from the place name === Further reading === Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi‎[1] === Anagrams === menassi, minasse == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian Messina. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧na === Proper noun === Messina f Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)