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Messinia

Messinia is the alternative form of Messenia.

Meaning of Messenia

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.

Origin of Messinia

Transliteration of Greek Μεσσηνία (Messinía), from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ (Messēnĭ́ā).

Questions about Messinia

What is Messinia the alternative form of?
Messinia is the alternative form of Messenia.

Words near Messinia in the dictionary

  1. messing with
  2. Messing-cum-Inworth
  3. Messinger
  4. Messingers
  5. Messingham
  6. Messinia
  7. Messinian
  8. Messinian event
  9. Messinian salinity crisis
  10. Messinians
  11. messins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Messinia (page history and authors); Messenia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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