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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΜεσσηνῐ́ᾱ
- Latin · borrowed fromMessēnia
- English todayMessenia
Borrowed from Latin Messēnia, from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ (Messēnĭ́ā), from Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Messenia
Today it means: A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene. Full definition →
Latin Messēnia ← Ancient Greek Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ