Messinian

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Messinian

  1. (geology, paleontology) The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
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Etymology 2

Adjective

Messinian (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of Messenian.

Noun

Messinian (plural Messinians)

  1. Alternative form of Messenian.
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