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Messina

American  
[me-see-nuh] / mɛˈsi nə /

noun

  1. a seaport in NE Sicily.

  2. Strait of, a strait between Sicily and Italy. 2½ miles (4 km) wide.

Messina British  
/ mɛˈsiːnə /

noun

  1. 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: 252 026 (2001)

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With her windswept head stretched far out the car window, she seemed a canine Gen. Patton scanning the horizon in the race to Messina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Italian politicians have for decades debated a bridge over the Strait of Messina, a narrow strip of water between the Sicily and the region of Calabria, at the toe of Italy's boot.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

Amata has since grown six popular varieties of the tropical fruit on PapaMango, his 17-acre grove in Messina on the northeastern coast of Sicily.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

Capped 16 times for his country, scoring seven goals, he represented Italian giants Juventus and Inter Milan after beginning his club career at Messina.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

“And your lips go . . .” She rolled her top lip, just the way Maestro Messina had showed her so many times.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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