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Messinian en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Messina (“Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop”) + -ian; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.

Meanings

1. The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.

Deriveds

Messinian event · Messinian salinity crisis

Translations (8)

ca Messinià (Translations) · de Messinium (Translations) · fr Messinien (Translations) · nl Messinien (Translations) · es Messiniense (Translations) · pl messyn (Translations) · it Messiniano (Translations) · hu Messinai (Translations)

wikipedia: Messina · wikipedia: Karl Mayer-Eymar

Messinian en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of Messenian.
   alt of Messenian

Messinian en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Messenian.
   alt of Messenian

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