Messina
[me'sinә]
Definition
(noun.) a port city in northeastern Sicily on the Strait of Messina.
Checker: Sondra--From WordNet
Examples
- The city of Messina, milk-white, and starred and spangled all over with gaslights, was a fairy spectacle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The orange oil comes from Messina and is always the product of the very latest orange crop. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The Romans captured Messina, and Hiero deserted from the Carthaginians to the Romans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sicily fell completely to Carthage, and Rome came down to the toe and heel of Italy, and looked across the Straits of Messina at her new rival. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- An expedition was dispatched to Messina under the consul Appius Claudius (the third Appius Claudius we have had to mention in this history). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The pirates of Messina appealed to Rome, and the accumulating jealousy and fear of Carthage decided the Roman people to help them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thereupon Carthage, which was also vitally concerned in the suppression of piracy, came to his aid, and put in a Carthaginian garrison at Messina. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Winfred