Messenia
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MESSENIA — provinc. Peloponnesi, versus Austrum inter Laconiam ad Ortum, et Elidem ad Occasum, a Septentrione habens Arcadiam, inter sinus Messeniacum et Cyparissium. Nunc pars est provinc. Belvedere. Sub Turcis … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Messenia — [mə sē′nē ə, məsēn′yə] 1. ancient region in the SW Peloponnesus bordering on the Ionian Sea 2. department of modern Greece in the same general area … English World dictionary
Messenia — For the ancient region, see Messenia (ancient region). Messenia Περιφερειακή ενότητα Μεσσηνίας Regional unit … Wikipedia
Messenia — /meuh see nee euh, seen yeuh/, n. a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus: an important center of Mycenaean culture. * * * ▪ department, Greece Modern Greek Messinía, ancient district and modern nomós (department) of the… … Universalium
Messenia (ancient region) — Messenia Μεσσηνία Region of Ancient Greece Burial chamber, Pylos … Wikipedia
Messenia, Gulf of — Gulf of the Ionian Sea, on the coast of the southwestern Peloponnese, Greece. On the west side of the gulf is the port of Koróni, originally settled by Argives after the First Messenian War (с 735–715 BC) and reoccupied during the Middle Ages by… … Universalium
Messenia — geographical name region S Greece in SW Peloponnese bordering on Ionian Sea … New Collegiate Dictionary
MESSENIA — a province of Greece, mainly the fertile peninsula between the Gulfs of Arcadia and Coron; in ancient times the Messenians were prosperous, excited Spartan envy, and after two long wars were conquered in 668 B.C. and fled to Sicily … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Messenia — Mes•se•ni•a [[t]məˈsi ni ə, ˈsin yə[/t]] n. ara geg a division of ancient Greece, in the SW Peloponnesus … From formal English to slang
Messenia — /mɛˈsiniə/ (say me seeneeuh) noun the south western area of the Peloponnesus in southern Greece …
