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messina

/mɛˈsiːnə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English

Syllables
messi-na
IPA
/mɛˈsiːnə/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.

name

A metropolitan city in Sicily, which replaced the province in 2015.

name

A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily.

name

Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa.

name

A surname from Italian.

Etymology

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Messinas (plural)

Rhymes With

arena argentina nina marina christina tina serena lena regina katrina gina angelina

Questions

How do you pronounce messina?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɛˈsiːnə/.
What does messina mean?
A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.
Where does messina come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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