Messinian

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) +‎ -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867. ==== Proper noun ==== Messinian (geology, paleontology) The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== Messinian (not comparable) Alternative form of Messenian. ==== Noun ==== Messinian (plural Messinians) Alternative form of Messenian.