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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

messenia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables
messe-nia
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Messēnia, from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ (Messēnĭ́ā), from Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ

Inflected Forms

Messinia (alternative)

Derived Forms

Messenian

Questions

What does messenia mean?
A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.
Where does messenia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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