messina in English

noun
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a city in northeastern Sicily, on the Strait of Messina; population 243,381 (2008).

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1. Upon completion, the ships departed for Messina.

2. There is also a hydrofoil service between Messina and Reggio Calabria.

3. In 1038 Maniakes landed in southern Italy and soon captured Messina.

4. Convulsed ('86-'90') the first thrashl/core band born in Messina (IT) tribute page

5. Convulsed ('86-'90') the first thrashl/core band born in Messina (IT) tribute page

6. The city was all but demolished in the great earthquake of 1783 that damaged Messina.

7. In Sicily, the sailors helped in recovery operations after the 1908 Messina earthquake.

8. The last time I saw her, she was on a train for Messina

9. In 1957, a 220 kV overhead power line was built across the Strait of Messina.

10. It is raised mainly in the province of Messina, particularly in the Monti Nebrodi.

11. He distinguished himself in the Battle of Aci and in defending Messina from the Angevins.

12. Charybdis definition, a whirlpool in the Strait of Messina off the NE coast of Sicily

13. Charybdis was a sea monster in Greek mythology, which dwelt in the Strait of Messina

14. Chemical industries are also in the Province of Messina (Milazzo) and in the Province of Caltanissetta (Gela).

15. The Apennines also cross the Messina Strait into Sicily where they reach into the Madonie Regional Natural Park

16. 1167 – Sicilian Chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.

17. Glenn Messina: Not a problem: As far as Burping goes you burp when a volume of air is

18. On 12 January 1977, Roosevelt collided with the Liberian grain freighter Oceanus while transiting the Strait of Messina.

19. Hydrofoils from Messina, Milazzo, Palermo and Reggio di Calabria to the Aeolian islands and inter-islands and vv.

20. Since the eighteenth century, Catania has been the second most important city of Sicily, supplanting Messina in that respect

21. The name refers to the fact that the battle took place near the sea Strait of Messina (Fretum Siculum).

22. On 13 July 1943, with the help of Ilex, she sank the Italian submarine Nereide south east of the Straits of Messina.

23. Scylla and Charybdis were monsters from Greek mythology thought to inhabit the Straits of Messina, the narrow sea between Sicily and the Italian mainland.

24. Later, she supported the "leap-frog" amphibious moves employed by Major General George S. Patton in his rampage across northern Sicily to the Strait of Messina.

25. All three battlecruisers had problems with their boilers, but Goeben and Breslau were able to break contact and reached Messina by the morning of the 5th.

26. Charybdis was known as a mythological sea monster, but was later rationalized as a whirlpool that was considered a shipping hazard in the Strait of Messina

27. In the tradition of “Power Duos” Hall and Oates, Loggins and Messina, Seals and Crofts, and Tenacious D, Chuff has risen from the boggy marsh of Abbotsford, British Columbia

28. It extends south c.840 mi (1,350 km) from the Cadibona Pass in Liguria, NW Italy, where the Apennines join with the Ligurian Alps, to the Strait of Messina; the mountains of Sicily are a southwest continuation of the system.

29. It extends south c.840 mi (1,350 km) from the Cadibona Pass in Liguria, NW Italy, where the Apennines join with the Ligurian Alps, to the Strait of Messina; the mountains of Sicily are a southwest continuation of the system.

30. Scylla and Charybdis were mythical sea monsters noted by Homer; Greek mythology sited them on opposite sides of the Strait of Messina between Sicily and Calabria, on the Italian mainland.Scylla was rationalized as a rock shoal (described as a six-headed sea monster) on the Calabrian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily.