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Messenia

Messenia proper noun: a regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.

Proper noun

Messenia

  1. A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.

Forms of Messenia

alternative formMessinia

Origin of Messenia

Borrowed from Latin Messēnia, from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ (Messēnĭ́ā), from Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”).

Words formed from Messenia

Questions about Messenia

What does Messenia mean?
Messenia means a regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.
What part of speech is Messenia?
Messenia is a proper noun.

Words near Messenia in the dictionary

  1. messengers
  2. messengers of death
  3. messengers-at-arms
  4. messengership
  5. messengerships
  6. Messenia
  7. Messenian
  8. Messenians
  9. messer
  10. messer-abouter
  11. messer-abouters

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