Messina

English

Etymology

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈsiːnə/

Proper noun

Messina

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

Proper noun

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• Spanish: Mesina (es) f, (outdated) Micina f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

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/

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Messina f

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

Proper noun

Messina m or f by sense

1. a surname.

Derived terms

• messinese
• Messinese
• messiniano

 

Descendants

• English: Messina
• → Ottoman Turkish: مسینه (mesine)
  • Turkish: misina

Further reading

• Forebears (Italian)
• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024

Anagrams

• menassi, minasse

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)