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MESSINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Messina mean?
• MESSINA (noun)
The noun MESSINA has 1 sense:
1. a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina
Familiarity information: MESSINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Messina" is a part of...):
Sicilia; Sicily (the Italian region on the island of Sicily)
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