Messina

From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene.

• IPA^(key): /mɛˈsiːnə/

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.

Messina (plural Messinas)

1. A surname from Italian.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messina”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.
• Forebears

• Isemans, sesamin, manises, Messian, samisen, Minases, Eismans, inseams

From Latin Messāna, from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”), named by a Greek tyrant after the site of Ancient Messene in Peloponnese, Greece.

• IPA^(key): /mesˈsi.na/

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

Messina f

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

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

Messina m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the place name

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

• menassi, minasse

Borrowed from Italian Messina.

• Hyphenation: Mes‧si‧na

Messina f

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