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Messina

/mɛˈsiːnə/ · name

Meaning

  1. Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa.
  2. A surname from Italian.
  3. A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina.
  4. A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily.
  5. A metropolitan city in Sicily, which replaced the province in 2015.

Etymology / origin

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

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