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Messina

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Mes·si·na  (m-sn, m-)
A city of northeast Sicily, Italy, on the Strait of Messina, a channel separating Sicily from mainland Italy. Founded in the eighth century b.c. by Greek colonists, Messina was decimated by the plague in 1743 and suffered severe earthquakes in 1783 and 1908. The strait's rocks, currents, and whirlpools may have been the inspiration for the legend of Scylla and Charybdis. Population: 245,000.
Messina [mɛˈsiːnə]
n
(Placename) a port in NE Sicily, on the Strait of Messina: colonized by Greeks around 730 bc; under Spanish rule (1282-1676 and 1678-1713); university (1549). Pop.: 259 156 (2000 est.)
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Noun1.MessinaMessina - a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina
Sicilia, Sicily - the Italian region on the island of Sicily


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In the narrow space between Cape Bon and the Straits of Messina the bottom of the sea rose almost suddenly.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
So quickly was this order filled that on the twelfth day after the arrival of the cablegram, the ships were on their way to Messina with the lumber.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
Skirting along the north coast of Sicily, passing through the group of Aeolian Isles, in sight of Stromboli and Vulcania, both active volcanoes, through the Straits of Messina, with "Scylla" on the one hand and "Charybdis" on the other, along the east coast of Sicily, and in sight of Mount Etna, along the south coast of Italy, the west and south coast of Greece, in sight of ancient Crete, up Athens Gulf, and into the Piraeus, Athens will be reached in two and a half or three days.
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