"Messina" meaning in Italian

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Proper name

IPA: /mesˈsi.na/
Rhymes: -ina Etymology: From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|Messāna}} Latin Messāna, {{der|it|grc|Μεσσήνη||Messene}} Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”) Head templates: {{it-proper noun|f}} Messina f
  1. Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy) Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities in Italy, Cities in Sicily, Italy, Places in Italy, Places in Sicily, Italy, Provinces of Italy Derived forms: messinese, Messinese, messiniano
    Sense id: en-Messina-it-name-2RHdJBu1

Proper name

IPA: /mesˈsi.na/
Rhymes: -ina Etymology: From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece. Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|Messāna}} Latin Messāna, {{der|it|grc|Μεσσήνη||Messene}} Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”) Head templates: {{it-proper-noun|mfbysense}} Messina m or f by sense
  1. a surname transferred from the place name Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-Messina-it-name-v-xrFvK8 Categories (other): Italian surnames, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Italian proper nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 7 31 11 8 5 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 35 10 4 5 36 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Italian masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 31 69 Disambiguation of Italian proper nouns with irregular gender: 19 81
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