Strait of Messina

English

Proper noun

the Strait of Messina

1. The narrow section of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of mainland Italy.

Coordinate terms

• Strait of Sicily

Translations

narrow section of water between Sicily and mainland Italy

• Arabic: مَضِيْق مِسِّينَة m (maḍiyq missīna)
• Armenian: Մեսիանայի նեղուց (Mesianayi neġucʻ)
• Azerbaijani: Messin boğazı
• Basque: Messinako itsasartea
• Belarusian: Месі́нскі пралі́ў m (Mjesínski pralíŭ)
• Bulgarian: Месински пролив m (Mesinski proliv)
• Catalan: estret de Messina m
• Chechen: Мессинан хидоькъе (Messinan xidöqʼe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墨西拿海峽 / 墨西拿海峡 (zh) (Mòxīná Hǎixiá)

• Corsican: Strettu di Messina m
• Czech: Messinská úžina f
• Danish: Messinastrædet n
• Dutch: Straat van Messina f
• Esperanto: Mesina Markolo
• Estonian: Messina väin
• Finnish: Messinansalmi (fi)
• French: détroit de Messine (fr) m
• Galician: Estreito de Messina m
• Georgian: მესინის სრუტე (mesinis sruṭe)
• German: Straße von Messina f
• Greek: στενό της Μεσσήνης n (stenó tis Messínis)
• Hebrew: מֵצַר מֶסִינָה m (Metzár Mesína)
• Hindi: मेसिना जलसन्धि m (mesinā jalsandhi)
• Hungarian: Messinai-szoros
• Icelandic: Messínasund n
• Indonesian: Selat Messina
• Italian: Stretto di Messina m
• Japanese: メッシーナ海峡 (メッシーナかいきょう, Messhīna kaikyō)
• Korean: 메시나 해협 (Mesina haehyeop)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Tengava Messina f, Tengava Messinayê f

• Latin: Siculum fretum n, Siculum Fretum n, Fretum Siculum n, Fretum Messānae n
• Lithuanian: Mesinos sąsiauris m
• Luxembourgish: Strooss vu Messina f
• Maltese: Strett ta’ Messina m
• Marathi: मेसिनाची सामुद्रधुनी m (mesinācī sāmudradhunī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Messinastredet n

  Nynorsk: Messinasundet n

• Occitan: estrech de Messina m
• Ossetian: Мессинӕйы донкъубал (Messinæjy donk’ubal)
• Persian: تنگه مسینا (tenge-ye mesinâ)
• Polish: Cieśnina Mesyńska (pl) f, Cieśnina Messyńska f
• Portuguese: Estreito de Messina m
• Romanian: Strâmtoarea Messina f
• Russian: Месси́нский проли́в m (Messínskij prolív)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мѐсӣнскӣ тјѐснац m, Мѐсӣнскӣ про́лаз m

  Roman: Mèsīnskī tjèsnac m, Mèsīnskī prólaz (sh) m

• Sicilian: Strittu di Missina m
• Slovak: Messinský prieliv m
• Slovene: Mesinska ožina m, Sicilska ožína f
• Spanish: Estrecho de Mesina m
• Swedish: Messinasundet n
• Turkish: Messina Boğazı
• Ukrainian: Месси́нська прото́ка f (Messýnsʹka protóka)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: Мессина бўғози (Messina boʻgʻozi)

  Roman: Messina boʻgʻozi

• Vietnamese: eo biển Messina
• Welsh: Culfor Messina f
• West Frisian: Strjitte fan Messina c