messina

noun

1. a seaport in NE Sicily.
2. Strait of, a strait between Sicily and Italy. 2½ miles (4 km) wide.

noun

1. a port in NE Sicily, on the Strait of Messina : colonized by Greeks around 730 bc; under Spanish rule (1282–1676 and 1678–1713); university (1549). Pop: 252 026 (2001)