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Messinese Dialect
Messina is the third largest city in Sicily. Messina may also refer to: Places * Province of Messina, a former Italian province * Strait of Messina, Italy * Messina, South Africa (now called Musina) * Messina Chasmata, a system of canyons on the Uranian moon Titania Other uses * Messina (name), a surname * Messina Conference, a 1955 conference which led to the creation of the European Economic Community * ''Messina'' (album), a 2012 album by French singer-songwriter Damien Saez * F.C. Messina Peloro, a football club based in Messina * , a German cargo ship * 18 Infantry Division Messina, an Italian division during World War II * Messina, a fictional small town in John Grisham's ''Bleachers'' See also * Mesina (other) *Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messina
Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants in the city proper and about 595,948 in the metropolitan city as of 2025. It is located near the northeast corner of Sicily, at the Strait of Messina and it is an important access terminal to Calabria region, Villa San Giovanni, Reggio Calabria on the mainland. Founded by the Sicels with the name of ''Zancle'' in 757 BC, which in Siculian, their language meant sickle, it was repopulated by Greek colonisation, Greek colonists of Magna Graecia and renamed ''Messana''. The city was renamed ''Messina'' in the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine age. It was an important Roman Empire, Roman, and then Byzantine Empire, Greek-Byzantine city, but in 843 it was completely destroyed by the Arabs. Almost abandoned during the Islamic period, it rose again i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
