MESSINA, STRAIT OF

Meaning of MESSINA, STRAIT OF in English

Function: geographical name

channel bet. S mainland part of Italy & NE Sicily

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

MESSINA, STRAIT OF — ancient Siculum Fretum Channel between southern Italy and northeastern Sicily. It is 2.5 to 12 mi (4 to 19 km) …
Английский словарь Британика
MESSINA, STRAIT OF — Italian Stretto di Messina, ancient (Latin) Fretum Siculum channel in the Mediterranean Sea separating Sicily (west) and Italy (east) and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MESSINA, STRAIT OF — ancient Siculum Fretum Channel between southern Italy and northeastern Sicily. It is 2.5 to 12 mi (4 to 19 km) …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MESSINA, STRAIT OF — geographical name channel between S mainland part of Italy & NE Sicily
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MESSINA, STRAIT OF — channel between S mainland part of Italy & NE Sicily
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIT — a. strett; n. strette; desfacilitá
English interlingue dictionary
STRAIT — hiktin
English-Visayan vocabulary
MESSINA — or ancient Messana or Zancle geographical name city & port Italy in NE Sicily population 272,461
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STRAIT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Bass Strait Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of …
Английский словарь Британика
MESSINA — ancient Zankle City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 236,621), northeastern Sicily , Italy. Founded by Greeks in the 8th century BC, it …
Английский словарь Британика
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt, usu -ād.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English streit, strait, straight, from Old French estreit, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESSINA — mə̇ˈsēnə adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Messina, Italy : of or from the city of Messina, Italy, in Sicily …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAIT — ( a. ) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STRAIT — — straitly , adv. — straitness , n. /strayt/ , n. 1. Often, straits . ( used with a sing. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MESSINA — /me see"neuh/ , n. 1. a seaport in NE Sicily. 265,918. 2. Strait of , a strait between Sicily and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MESSINA — n. town and seaport located in northern Sicily; town of South Africa; family name
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STRAIT — I. ˈstrāt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French estreit, from Latin strictus strait, strict, from past participle of stringere Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MESSINA — geographical name or ancient Mes·sa·na mə-ˈsä-nə ; or Zan·cle ˈzaŋ-(ˌ)klē city & port Italy in NE Sicily population 272,461
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STRAIT — adj a variant of straight. 2. strait ·superl narrow; not broad. 3. strait ·adv strictly; rigorously. 4. strait ·adj a …
Webster English vocab
STRAIT — [strait] adj [ME, fr. OF estreit, fr. L strictus strait, strict, fr. pp. of stringere] (13c) 1 archaic: strict, rigorous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MESSINA — Greek Zankle, Latin Messana capital of Messina provincia, extreme northeastern Sicily, Italy. It lies on the lower slopes of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
STRAIT — strait BrE AmE streɪt ▷ straits streɪts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MESSINA — Messina BrE AmE me ˈsiːn ə mə-, mɪ- —Italian [ mes ˈsiː na ]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STRAIT — / streɪt; NAmE / noun 1. [ pl. ] (also straits ) (especially in the names of places) a narrow …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — strait /streɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: strait 'narrow' (13-20 centuries) , from Old French estreit …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STRAIT — n. & adj. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. & adj. --n. 1. (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies …
Oxford English vocab
STRAIT — ( straits) 1. You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STRAIT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE desperate ▪ Without papal assistance, crown finances would have been in even more desperate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STRAIT — [noun] [C usually plural] - a narrow area of sea which connects two larger areas of seaThe Straits of GibraltarThe …
Cambridge English vocab
STRAIT — n. Bass Strait Belle Isle Strait of Canso Strait of Chatham Strait Cook Strait Davis Strait Dover Strait of Euripus …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MESSINA — n. ancient Zankle City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 236,621), northeastern Sicily , Italy. Founded by Greeks in the 8th century BC, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STRAIT — noun 1 narrow piece of water connecting seas, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ narrow VERB + STRAIT ▪ go through , pass …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STRAIT — n. 25B6; noun a strait about six miles wide : CHANNEL, sound, inlet, stretch of water. the company is in …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STRAIT — laced adj. priggish, prim, conservative, old-fashioned, Victorian, old-maidish, proper, prudish, puritanical, moralistic, strict, narrow-minded, (over-)scrupulous, fussy, Colloq pernickety or US …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait ≈ в отчаянном положении …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MESSINA — Мессина
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT — strait.ogg _I 1. streıt n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MESSINA — n геогр. г. Мессина Strait of Messina - Мессинский пролив
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MESSINA — г. Мессина
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MESSINA — (n) Мессина
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
STRAIT — I 1. [streıt] n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of Dover …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MESSINA — n геогр. г. Мессина Strait of ~ - Мессинский пролив
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
STRAIT — _I 1. streıt n 1. обыкн. pl (узкий) пролив the Strait of Magellan - Магелланов пролив the Straits of Dover …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MESSINA — n геогр. г. Мессина Strait of Messina - Мессинский пролив
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив the Straits of Gibraltar — Гибралтарский пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MESSINA — сущ. ; геогр. Мессина ( город в Италии, на о-ве Сицилия )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив the Straits of Gibraltar — Гибралтарский пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MESSINA — сущ.; геогр. Мессина (город в Италии, на о-ве Сицилия)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STRAIT — - pelvic strait
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
STRAIT — - pelvic strait
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
MESSINA — Мессина
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
STRAIT — пролив - international strait
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
MESSINA — г. Мессина
Англо-Русский географический словарь
STRAIT — сущ. 1) часто мн. пролив 2) обыкн. мн. затруднительное положение, стесненные обстоятельства, нужда in desperate strait ≈ в отчаянном положении …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ANTONELLO DA MESSINA — born с 1430, Messina, Sicily died с Feb. 19, 1479, Messina Italian painter. Trained in Naples, then a cosmopolitan art …
Английский словарь Британика
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ANTONELLO DA MESSINA — born c. 1430, Messina, Sicily died c. Feb. 19, 1479, Messina painter who probably introduced oil painting and Flemish pictorial …
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ANTONELLO DA MESSINA — born 0441; 1430, Messina, Sicily died 0441; Feb. 19, 1479, Messina Italian painter. Trained in Naples, then a cosmopolitan art …
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TAORMINA — Latin Tauromenium, town, Messina province, eastern Sicily, Italy, on a hill rising almost perpendicularly from the sea at the foot …
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SCHILLER, FRIEDRICH VON — Additional reading For detailed bibliographical information, see Wolfgang Vulpius, Schiller-Bibliographie, 18931958 (1959); and R. Pick (comp.), Schiller in England, 17871960: …
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REGGIO DI CALABRIA — Latin Rhegium, city, capital of Reggio di Calabria province and former capital (until 1971) of Calabria region, southern Italy. It …
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POCO — American band of the 1970s and '80s that strongly influenced the development of country rock. The original members were Richie …
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MILAZZO — Latin Mylae, town, Messina province, northern Sicily, Italy, on the low isthmus of a peninsula 3 miles (5 km) long, …
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