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messinian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
messini-an
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.

adj

Alternative form of Messenian.

noun

Alternative form of Messenian.

Etymology

From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Messinians (plural)

Phrases

Messinian event Messinian salinity crisis

Questions

What does messinian mean?
The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
Where does messinian come from?
From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.

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