Messina

Messina

English

Etymology

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈsiːnə/

Proper noun

Messina

1. A province of Sicily, Italy.
2. A city, the provincial capital of Messina, Sicily, Italy.
3. Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa.

Messina (plural Messinas)

1. A surname from Italian.

Translations

province

Finnish: Messina French: Messine (fr) f Italian: Messina (it) f Maltese: Messina f Marathi: मेस्सिना (messinā) Polish: Mesyna (pl) f, Messyna (pl) f Spanish: Mesina (es) f

city

Arabic: مسينة‎ Aragonese: Mecina f Armenian: Մեսինա (Mesina) Belarusian: Месіна f (Mjesina) Bulgarian: Месина f (Mesina) Chinese: Cantonese: 墨西拿 (mak6 sai1 naa4) Mandarin: 墨西拿 (zh) (Mòxīná) Esperanto: Mesino Finnish: Messina French: Messine (fr) f Georgian: მესინა (mesina) Greek: Μεσσήνη (el) f (Messíni) Ancient: Ζάγκλη (Zánklē) (original name), Μεσσήνη f (Messḗnē) (newer name) Hebrew: מסינה‎ Italian: Messina (it) f Japanese: メッシーナ (Messhīna) Korean: 메시나 (mesina) Latin: Messāna (la) f Latvian: Mesīna f Lithuanian: Mesina f Maltese: Messina Marathi: मेस्सिना (messinā) Ottoman Turkish: مسینه‎ (Mesine) Polish: Mesyna (pl) f, Messyna (pl) f Portuguese: Messina f Russian: Месси́на (ru) f (Messína) Sicilian: Missina f Spanish: Mesina (es) f, (outdated) Micina f Ukrainian: Мессіна f (Messina)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.
• Forebears

Anagrams

• Eismans, Isemans, inseams, manises, samisen, sesamin

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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/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: Mes‧sì‧na

Proper noun

Messina f

1. Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)

Messina m or f by sense

1. a surname.

Derived terms

• messinese
• Messinese
• messiniano

 

Descendants

• English: Messina

Further reading

• Forebears
• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2022

Anagrams

• menassi, minasse

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Messina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈsĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈsi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈsi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧na

Proper noun

Messina f

1. Messina (a city and province of Sicily, Italy)