"Messenia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Messinia [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Messēnia, from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ (Messēnĭ́ā), from Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|Messēnia}} Borrowed from Latin Messēnia, {{der|en|grc|Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ}} Ancient Greek Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ (Messēnĭ́ā) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Messenia
  1. A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene. Categories (place): Places in Greece, Places in Peloponnese, Greece, Regional units of Greece Translations (region): Μεσσηνία (Messēnía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Messènia [feminine] (Catalan), Messénie [feminine] (French), Μεσσηνία (Messinía) [feminine] (Greek), Messenia (Latin), Messenie [feminine] (Middle French), Mesenia [feminine] (Polish), Messênia (Portuguese), Messénia [feminine] (Portuguese), Mesenia [feminine] (Spanish), Mesinya (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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