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Messinian
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English
Etymology 1
From en Messina ian Sicilian city near to where evaporite rocks of this period outcrop; coined by Swiss stratigrapher Karl Mayer-Eymar in 1867.
Proper noun
en geology paleontology The final subdivision of the Miocene epoch.
Derived terms
en Messinian event Messinian salinity crisis
Translations
Catalan: ca Messinià
Dutch: nl Messinien
French: fr Messinien
German: de Messinium
Hungarian: hu Messinai
Italian: it Messiniano
Polish: pl messyn m-in
Spanish: es Messiniense
Etymology 2
Adjective
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en Messenian.
Noun
en Messenian.
en Geological periods