MESSANA

Meaning of MESSANA in English

geographical name see: Messina

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

MESSANA — see Messina
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MESSINA — or ancient Messana or Zancle geographical name city & port Italy in NE Sicily population 272,461
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MESSINESE — |mesə|nēz, -ēs noun ( plural messinese ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Italian, from Messina (from Latin & Greek; Latin Messana, from …
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PUNIC WAR, FIRST — ( (264241 BC), ) also called First Carthaginian War, first of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian …
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MESSINA — Greek Zankle, Latin Messana capital of Messina provincia, extreme northeastern Sicily, Italy. It lies on the lower slopes of the …
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MAMERTINI — English Mamertines band of mercenaries from Campania, in Italy, who, by a shift in alliances, touched off the First Punic …
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HIMERA — ancient city on the northern Himeras (modern Grande) River, on the northern coast of Sicily. It was founded in about …
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HIERON II — died 216/215 BC tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, from about 270 to 216/215 BC, who struggled against the Mamertini and eventually …
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AGATHOCLES — born 361 BC, Thermae Himeraeae, Sicily died 289 tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily, from 317 to c. 304 and self-styled …
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